TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
LYDDITE EXPLOSION. MANY INJURED. By TelesraptL—Press Association.—Copyriglll London, June 2. While men were loading shells into a wherry at Armstrong, Whitworth's works at Nnwcastle ; the lyddite exploded, and the wharry sank. The shell shop was nearly wrecked, thirty-two persons were injured and a wide area of buildings was demaged.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1219, 3 June 1919, Page 5
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51TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1219, 3 June 1919, Page 5
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