WAS IT SABOTAGE?
LONDON EXPLOSIONS
SCOTLAND YARD INQUIRING
DISTRICT GUARDED
(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.!
LONDON, January 18. Officers of Scotland Yard are investigating a suspected sabotage plot in the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey, 12 miles north of London, in which two terrific explosions occurred at 10.30 a.m. today. Police" and solders are guarding the district. It is understood that three attempts were made to damage the factory recently, and the police interrogated hundreds of workers in the past few days. Inquiries have been extended to other Government factories. It is understood that the authorities received anonymous information that accidents might happen at the Waltham Abbey and others throughout England. The latest casualty list shows five persons killed and 30 injured. A vast trail of ruin marked the course of the furious blast frtfm the explosions. Steel girders were thrown '500 yards. The shock was felt 25 miles distant, and reverberations were heard 90 miles from London. /
When the explosions occurred thousands of people believed that an air raid had begun.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
NO REASON TO SUSPECT
SABOTAGE
(Received January 20< 1 p.m.)
LONDON, January 19.
It is stated officially that there is no reason to suspect sabotage in connection with the explosions at Waltham Abbey, on the present information.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 17, 20 January 1940, Page 11
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