DUE TO LAND MINE
BELFAST EXPLOSION
SENSATION IN LONDON
(Received July 29, 1 p.m.)
LONDON, July 28.
A sensation was caused in London on receipt of the news just before midnight that the explosion which . occurred in Academy Street, Belfast, while the King was in the. City Hall, 300 yards away, was due' to a land mine, and not, as reported earlier, to a gas leak.
The original statement An the afternoon was official, but the police at a late hour, after continual questioning, admitted that the explosion was caused by explosives.. In the meantime the correct story was widely circulated on the Continent and later, was contradicted.
Italian newspapers expressed sympathy with their Majesties and the British people.,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 25, 29 July 1937, Page 9
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119DUE TO LAND MINE Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 25, 29 July 1937, Page 9
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