MAGAZINE EXPLODES
ATTRIBUTED TO BOMB Fifty Casualties (.Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received June 8 at S p.m.) TOKIO, June 8. Last night the magazine of the Hammamatsu Aviation Corps exploded, starting a con Hugrat ion involving the hangars. Fourteen planes are reported to be destroyed. Gasoline storage tanks are still burning. The casualties are expected to be heavy. ENORMOUS DAMAGE. (Received June 8 at 11 p.m.) TOK 10, June 7. The Hammamatsu explosion is attributed to a workman dropping a bomb during its removal from a store. The loss is officially estimated at five million yen. The dead ami seriously injured number fifty.
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Grey River Argus, 9 June 1933, Page 3
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