SOFIA ARSENAL
EIGHTEEN WOMEN KILLED frsib Association —By Telegraph—Copyright SOFIA, March 5. Tlio explosion was due to a workman drying damp powder before an open fire The explosion ignited, stocks of saltpetre and sulphur, and a wooden door burst into flames, barring the exit. This necessitated the iron bars of the windows being before rescue work was possible. Eighteen women are among the dead.—Australian Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 20117, 6 March 1929, Page 6
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