GASOMETER BLOWS UP
Two Cousins Killed at Dewsbury
WIVES SAW EXPLOSION
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright London, June 18. Exploding with a sheet of flame and a vast plume of smoke, a gasometer at Dewsbury, Yorkshire, of 1,250,009 cubic feet capacity, blew off its cover and killed Messrs. Samuel and James Gledhill, cousins, whose bodies were discovered among tlie debris. Messrs. Herbert Hincheliffe and Joseph Rhodes were injured, Rhodes said that lie and Samuel Gledhill were outside the meter house and James Gledhill was inside. The explosion blew Rhodes some distance and Hincheliffe was stooping to help him when he was caught by the full blast of the fire and a shower of slates and stones, but he saved his companion’s life. Doctors, nurses and a fire brigade were quickly on the spot. The firemen prevented the ignition of an adjacent gasometer containing 750,000 cubic feet of gas.
The explosion cut off the supply of a portion of Dewsbury, and damaged surrounding works. The victims’ wives lived opposite the works and saw the explosion.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 226, 20 June 1936, Page 10
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