TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE.
THREE SHIPS BLOWN TO PIECES.
MANY HOUSES DESTROYED.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE*
Press Assoclation.-Blectric Telegraph.
Berlin, March 20.. A vessel laden with dynamite exploded at Nesel, on the Rhine. Twenty-five men were killed.
There were fifteen tons of dynamite on board, this part of the cargo being intended for transhipment for Australia.
The explosion destroyed two other ships, which Were lying near at hand, and the shock was felt miles away. Every house in the vicinity was destroyed, and in the outlying villages many people were injured, thus leading to the belief that ah earthquake had occurred.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9774, 22 March 1895, Page 5
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