OLDERBROEK EXPLOSION
lIHARD 650 MILES AWAY
(By Electric Telegrapn.--Copyright.) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) AMSTERDAM, Nov. 10 It is officiallv reported that the explosion at Oldebroek to test the theory of sound was heard at Romiily, in France. 300 miles away, and also at places jn Austria. 650 miles away. [Five tons of perchlorate of ammonia were exploded at Oldebrook, in Bolland, on 31sct October, to test the theory of audibly and the hypothesis of zones of silence after an "explosion.]
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 13 November 1922, Page 7
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80OLDERBROEK EXPLOSION Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 13 November 1922, Page 7
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