TIPTON EXPLOSION.
ASTONISHING REVELATIONS
BY CABLE—FEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT LONDON, March 25. Astonishing revelations are being made in connection with the Tipton explosion. The. chief inspector of explosives gave evidence that the floor of the shop was concrete, but impregnated with gunpowder. The girls wore boots with nails. The atmosphere was permeated with dust from the powder. Other evidence showed there was no guard in front of the stove used for soldering purposes, and burning coke constantly dropped on the floor. At the end of the day's work there would be in each box, which 24 girls used, 361b of loose powder. A boy took this powder and put it into a neighbouring canal.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 March 1922, Page 5
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112TIPTON EXPLOSION. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 March 1922, Page 5
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