THE IRVINE EXPLOSION.
BUILDINGS REDUCED TO DEBRIS. ORIGIN UNKNOWN. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyright London, March 11. Further details of the explosion at Nobel's works at Irvine, Ayrshire, yesterday show that a bluish flame leaped skywards, followed by four tremendous concussions, as the guncotton in four buildings exploded. Brick buildings were instantly reduced to a heap of debris, and the air was thick with flying masonry, stones, and glass. Men in adjacent buildings were bowled over like ninepins. A dense smoke hung like a pall over the scene. The six men who were killed were engaged in unloading the drying stove. The origin of the explosion is a mystery.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15250, 13 March 1913, Page 7
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108THE IRVINE EXPLOSION. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15250, 13 March 1913, Page 7
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