GASWORKS FIRE
WAR MEMORIES REVIVED. LONDON, Feb. 20. When an oxygen works at J arrow, Durham, caught fire yesterday, houses for miles around were damaged J flying metal. ... , ■ For two hours violent explosions occurred every few minutes, and great pieces of metal showered the countryAn eye-witness who went through the Great War said lie had never experienced anything like it. A nuni >ei of ex-soldiers ill hospital had a lecuirence of shell-shock, but there were no casualties.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 82, 5 March 1938, Page 14
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77GASWORKS FIRE Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 82, 5 March 1938, Page 14
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