TEN KILLED
EXPLOSION AT CORDITE FACTORY TOTAL DISAPPEARANCE OF SOME VICTIMS (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, 24th June. In tile explosion at the naval cordite factory ten people were killed and 23 injured. Some of the victims have totally disappeared. All worked in the nitro-glycerine department where the explosion originated. Annihilation crashed upon them with tragic suddenness. The cause of the explosion will probably defy explanation. The shock affected houses for 20 miles around.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 25 June 1931, Page 5
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75TEN KILLED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 25 June 1931, Page 5
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