MUNITIONS EXPLOSION
DUTCH DUMP IN QUEENSLAND NEARBY HOUSES EVACUATED (Rec. 8.30 a.m.) BRISBANE, January 23. Houses in the vicinity of the Darra ammunition depot near Brisbane were evacuated under police orders this afternoon following a big explosion at the depot. A firemen narrowly escaped death from flying steel fragments as high explosives blew up The depot is the property of the Dutch army, and is guarded by R.A.A.F. men. The firemen were unable to reach the heart of the explosion for more than two hours after it was first reported. When' one fire engine stopped at the gate leading to the
fire area, a large piece of shrapnel shattered the windscreen and narrowly missed the crew. Pieces of metal were falling on the roadway, and the police ordered the evacuation of five houses in the vicinity.
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Evening Star, Issue 26008, 24 January 1947, Page 8
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136MUNITIONS EXPLOSION Evening Star, Issue 26008, 24 January 1947, Page 8
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