EXPLOSION IN MONTREAL
Flats Wrecked By Blast (N.Z. Press Association— Copyright) MONTREAL, January 2. An explosion wrecked a twostorey block of flats in Montreal last night, the Canadian Press, reported today. The news agency said firemen feared that seven persons might have been killed. The news agency reported that at least 18 persons were known to have been in the building when it exploded and burned. A dozen ambulances were sent to the area.
Firemen said the explosion was believed to have been caused by gas.
Five residents of the building were taken to hospital. One fireman was injured by falling debris when the building collapsed. “It was fantastic," a neighbour said. “It rocked my whole building and it shattered my front windows.”
Only a few blocks away, in an industrial district near the intersection of Ontario and Papineau, a two-alarm fire was reported to be out of control, the Canadian Preqs reported.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19610103.2.128
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume C, Issue 29402, 3 January 1961, Page 10
Word Count
153EXPLOSION IN MONTREAL Press, Volume C, Issue 29402, 3 January 1961, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in