TRAGEDY AT LISBON.
EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS’. TWENTY PERSONS KILLED. LISBON. June 21. A tragedy terminated a great spectacle arranged at Lisbon to mark the eomplethe Portugese-Atlantic flight. A large lighter loaded with the fireworks "'as being (owed to the middle of the Tagus so as to be visible throughout (he city. Rockets were tired, signalling the commencement of the display, hut one fell on the deck of the lighter and caused an awful explosion. The survivors leapt into the water as ihe lighter sank. Thousand's ashore watched ihe terrible scene. It is believed that' 20 are, dead and 40 injured, —Reuter,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 432, 24 June 1922, Page 5
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101TRAGEDY AT LISBON. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 432, 24 June 1922, Page 5
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