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100 FAMILIES DASH FROM HOMES BURSTING OF PETROL TANK ADDS TO ALARM United Press Assn, by Kl- Tel. Copyright (Received May 1, 11 p.m.) LONDON, May 1 Nearly one hundred families dashed from their homes, clad in their night.clothes, when a fire occurred atWalthamstow factory. Mothers, terrified, wrapped their children in blankets and rushed them to safety in the streets. The flames were accompanied by a serie.s of alarming explosions which could bo heard for miles around. The explosions were caused by tho bursting of a petrol tank. Pieces of timber flew high in the air and several narrowly escaped injury. Thousands of gallons of water wore poured on the building unavailingly, for it was hurnt- to the ground in less than an hour.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11195, 2 May 1930, Page 5
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