THE EXPLOSION IN GERMANY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 306, 1 December 1906, Page 4

THE EXPLOSION IN GERMANY.

FULLER DETAILS. BERLIN, Friday. ' f In connection .wiith, the roburito explosion, 20,000 kilogrammes of roburite 'were stored' .in the fac- J toJ-y, which : Svas situated in '&. - hollow, adjoining Witten. An out- j break |of fire occurrod 'in tho mixing: room, which- quickly spread to ' the packing shed, ' : where t-ie explosion took place. Assistance was j immeaiattoly sent tc\ tho scene, ( when a ' second . .terrific Explosion j ' Tnsued,, which burled with igreat j ' force the rescuerers and spectators! ' in all directions. .Many 'persons j were seized .with panic, but others bravely remained and helped to j r got the injured work people away, I I despite, tho rumours of immenso i | quantities ' (of utiexploded roburito , t being still in tho vaults of tha • 1 factory. Firemen, nuns, deacon 1 esses, and workmen till courageous ly faced the peril, and administer ' ed 'first laid. Amftulances ' and ' tradesmen's carts convoyed 100 ' of tho dangerously wounded, and '■ 250 of *the less seriously injured to - tha Hospitals. - The outbreak of ■ tho flre is believed to be the work > of incendiaries. Several houses in i the- immediate vicinity of the fac- ; tory wore completely demolished. 1 Tho houses at ' JDortshund wero . shaken lo their very foundations^ • and (plate iglass windows were t smashed. ' Forty of the dead bo--1 dies recovered were fearfully, muti- • Jated and charred. \ l The Kaiser, ij sent immediately £1000 for 'the re- » liof ot the sulTerers.