Tenement House Explosion Traps Thirty Occupants
MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY IN FRENCH CITY
United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright. Received Saturday, 2.0 a.m. PARIS, Aug. 14. A largo tenement house in a -suburb of Lyons was wrecked by a mysterious explosion. The building was occupied by French, Spanish and Algerian work-ing-class families, of whom 80 are buried in the ruins. Firemen rescued twelve, who arc in hospital, and recovered five bodies,, but ten children arc believed still to be entombed. The wreckage blocked the street. The rescuers heard horrifying cries from the trapped victims. Doors and windows were blown out and the glass splintered for 500 yards from the scene.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6628, 15 August 1931, Page 4
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