FACTORY EXPLOSION
TEH GIRLS KILLED BRATISLAVA, July 28. An explosion occurred this morning in the rubber factory of Hoorn os and Co. Ten factory girls were killed and twelve seriously injured. The bodies of the killed were charred and mutilated. and it is possible that more dead may be found among the debris. The accident, which completely destroyed the factory, occurred in'some oil tanks. It was probably caused by a short circuit. Some G,0()01h of benzole rubber mixture exploded.
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Evening Star, Issue 20253, 14 August 1929, Page 9
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79FACTORY EXPLOSION Evening Star, Issue 20253, 14 August 1929, Page 9
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