EXPLOSION ON SHIP
— — DISASTER AT TOKIO PIERSIDE,
FIRE SPREADING TO CITY
(Received Dec. 28, 5.5 p.m.) 1 TOKIO. Dec. 27. The Ofcaru. with a. cargo of gunpowder, was being unloaded at the pier side when there was an explosion. There were many casuahties. A fire started,'which is spreading to the city. i Further details are unknown. 'A. and HEAVY DEATH ROLE. .(Received Dec. 28, 1 a.m ) . TOKIO, Dec. 2(. i The explosion occurred in a compound at a station, where 865 cases ot dynamite were being unloaded, all ol which exploded, owing, to one box beino 1 dropped 1 . The station, “vvith the coal and goods yards, were set on fire. Several lighters wore: sunk and the buildings in the neighborhood shattered. Fifty persons were killed and fifty seriously wounded, whilst -cO suffered slight injuries.-—Renter.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9697, 29 December 1924, Page 5
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