Manhattan blast
New York The police say a faulty refrigerator compressor was probably the cause of the explosion of a frozencustard truck that sprayed a crowded lower Manhattan street with shards of glass and metal at lunchtime on Friday, but they have not ruled out the possibility of a bomb. Hospitals reported 135 people hurt in the ex« plosion, 16 of them critically.
The Mister Softee truck blew up in a ball of flames, shattering windows as high up as nine storeys and spraying glass and bits of metal over the street.
At first the police said the explosion was “definitely” caused by a bomb, but later said only that it could have been the cause, noting that a faulty compressor had been found in the back of the truck.
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Press, 3 July 1978, Page 8
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