DESTROYING EXPLOSIVES
The huge stock of explosives which was on hand at the end of the war. and which was stored in magazines, makeshift and all over Britain, had to be got rid of somehow. One of the methods was by burning in comparatively close proximity to one of the magazines. Unstable explosives, which through age or other conditions had become dangerous to handle, were the first to bo destroyed, and it was done in this way. The material was tipped on to the ground in rows 3ft. to 4ft. wide and raked with wooden rakes to a uniform depth. Each row had a string of the stuff as a tail for starting the ignition, which was always done from tho lee end, thus retarding tho ilame by causing it to travel against the wind, and, incidentally, allowthe "igniter" sufficient time to get clear.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19298, 10 April 1926, Page 2 (Supplement)
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