TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
WIESBADEN OPERA HOUSE DESTROYED. (Rec. March 20, 8.40 p.m.) London, March 20. After the audience and staff had left the Royal Opera House at Wiesbaden a terrific explosion occurred, and simultaneously gigantic flames darted from all the windows. In a few minutes the interior was a mass of roaring fire. Tho building was destroyed. The damage is estimated at a milliard marks. The building was supported by the exKaiser’s private fortune.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 157, 21 March 1923, Page 7
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75TERRIFIC EXPLOSION Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 157, 21 March 1923, Page 7
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