THUNDERSTORM IN ITALY
POWDER: FACTORY EXPLODED, HEAVY DEATH ROLL FEARED. Pr«o«; Association—By Talegraph—Copyright ROM®, September .28, A violent thunderstorm occurred near Spezzio, Southern Italy. Lightning exploded a powder factory. It is feared that many workers perished. Hundreds were sent to hospital, . .; A ;,.number,; of , buildings over.. -a -Wide area in the vicinity were also destroyed.— A. and N.Z. Cable. A later message states that 40 dead bodies, including that of an army marshal, have been recovered at Spezzia,. as the result of the explosion at Fort Falconara. Tile villages of Santo Renzio and;- Ritelli are greatly damaged.—A. and N.Z;; Gablei MANY BODIES RECOVERED. LONDON, September 28. ' (Received Sept. 29, at 7.45 p.m.) Rome reports state that the latest esti? mates of, the casualties are 200 killed .in coriiiectiori witlVihe explosion at.Foft Falcohara. ’One hundred and forty-four Jodies- have been recovered at Sante Renzio.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18673, 30 September 1922, Page 8
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