SHELL EXPLOSION
EXPLANATION A DVA NCED. (United Press Association. —By Electric Tclegra p li. —Copy right.) Received July 11, 1.35 p.m. LONDON, July JO. “These lives were not wasted. Research men are hound to take risks whereby the industry profits,’" said Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas, Inspector of Explosives, giving evidence at the inquest on the victims of the Woolwich explosion. An otfieial explained that deceased were testing the safest methods of shell-filling, which varied slightly with different explosives. They had already filled 100 shells with the explosive used on the day of the tragedy, including six naval 15-inch shells, which contained 501 b. It was this type which exploded. The method of filling consisted of automatically filtering in the explosive by a long screw at a temperaturo of 90deg. centrigrade. Deceased had started the machinery and had retired behind the mound to observo the process through mirrors. They had re-entered five minutes later, when there was an immediate explosion, possibly due to an obstruction preventing the explosive entering and causing heat and detonation. A verdict of accidental death was returned.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 190, 13 July 1936, Page 2
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178SHELL EXPLOSION Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 190, 13 July 1936, Page 2
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