Pyrotecnic Display Startles Thames-Side
TIRE HYDRANTS FROZEN. LONDON, March 4. Violent explosions shook Woolwich arsenal to-day. The explosion occurred in tho "fuse factory, consisting of six small circular buildings dotted over a considerable area. Four wero practically destroyed. Hundreds of signalling rockets went up, showers of pieces falling one and a half miles distant. One broke a shop window a mile array, and a building a mile distant was partially unroofed. Dense volumes of smoke, lit up by flames, alarmed the residents of Woolwich, hundreds of whom rushed to the arsenal gates. Immediately the first explosion occurred the employees were ordered to leave. Many rushed out in their overalls.
Forty-three fire engines, which responded to calls, strenuously fought the flames for over two hours, so as to prevent their spreading to other areas.
The hydrants were frozen, which necessitated the water being drawn from the Thames.
The casualties totalled 22, mostly facial injuries. ...
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6852, 6 March 1929, Page 7
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