Blazing Woman Ran Into Powder Room
PRAGUE. Fri. (10 a.m.).—A woman whose clothing was on fire ran screaming into the room of a chemical company where men were making fire crackers for Christmas celebrations. The resultant gunpowder explosion killed the woman and 12 other employees, and caused a fire which razed the factory. The woman’s clothing caught fire when she huddled near a small open fire.
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Northern Advocate, 25 October 1947, Page 7
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