FACTORY EXPLOSION
ASTONISHING EVIDENCE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, Alareh 25. Astonishing revelations are being made in connection with the Tipton factory explosion, where 50 girls were victims, 18 dying. The Chief Inspector of Explosives gave evidence that the floor of the shop was of concrete, but it was impregnated with gun powder. The girls worked in boots with nails in them. The atmosphere was permeated with dust from the powder. Other evidence showed that there was no guard in front of the stove used for soldering purposes, and the burning coke constantly dropped on the floor. At the end of the day’s work, there would be in each box, which 24 of the girls used, 36 pounds of loose powder. A boy took this powder and put it into a neighbouring canal. The girls were emptying cartridges of powder. laaaagmsasmaasm-smrricaßaßaas
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 March 1922, Page 5
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