DANGER IN GOAL.
EXPLOSIVES PRESENT. CANISTER OF CARTRIDGES FOUND. INQUIRY ORDERED. (ByTelejraiiti.-I'reae Aesoolatloa.-OoiiyrliibU (Rec. August 19,11.65 p.m.) London,, August 19,, - A tin canister containing 6ix 4az. packets of gunpowder, used for blasting purposes in collieries, was discovered a few days ago in a cargo of Welsh coal, which was being unloaded from colliers into the steamer Jumna, moored in the Medway. The canister was supposed to liavo fallen accidentally among tho coal at tlio mine. This discovery, however, is not an isolated case, for, whilo the cruise/Duko of Edinburgh was coaling at Spithead yesterday from a South Wales collier, after a small quantity of coal had been taken from the bunkers, three mining cartridges were discovered. ' ' A careful investigation has now boen ordered. Both steamers were loaded from Pcnarth, but tho cargoes wero from different collieries.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 591, 20 August 1909, Page 5
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136DANGER IN GOAL. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 591, 20 August 1909, Page 5
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