FLAMES FROM SKY
Burning Celluloid Falls on Bathers DISASTROUS EXPLOSION By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received June 11. 7.30 p.m.) • New York, June 9. A message from North Arlington, New Jersey, states that nine persons were killed and several others are believed to be fatally burned, as the result of an explosion on Friday night which wrecked the Atlantic Pyroxylin Waste Company’s factory. Flaming celluloid from the skies showered on the bathers on the beaches. Panic followed as screaming women and children, ,Ir seared, lay ,on the beaches. At least six died of burns. The noise of the explosions was heard miles.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 219, 12 June 1933, Page 9
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101FLAMES FROM SKY Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 219, 12 June 1933, Page 9
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