KILLED IN EXPLOSIONS
RUMANIAN SOLDIERS SEVERAL BLOWN TO ATOMS TRAGEDY AT A FORTRESS MANY HOUSES WRECKED By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Received September 4, 5.5 p.m.) BUCHAREST, Sept. 3 A commandant and 16 men were blown to atoms, even their garments being undiscoverable, in a series of mysterious munitions explosions at the fortress of Rudent on the outskirts of the Rumanian capital. The worst explosion occurred among some stored naval mines. This wrecked many houses. A piece of a shell penetrated the wall of a cobbler's workshop and cut off the man's left foot.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21279, 5 September 1932, Page 9
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