FIRE IN POWDER FACTORY.
100 MEN KILLED. SIXTY-SIX OTHERS INJURED. (Roccived April 28, 1 a.m.) London, April 27. It is officially stated that 106 men were killed and 66 injured as the result of the recent fire, followed by explosions, at a powder factory in Kent. No woman was injured. The victims included somo spectators, who had been warned to leave and had ample time to do so after the accident that occasioned the five.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16215, 28 April 1916, Page 6
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75FIRE IN POWDER FACTORY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16215, 28 April 1916, Page 6
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