MAGAZINE EXPLODES
MILITARY INSTALMENT IN ITALY GREAT DAMAGE CAUSED Rec. 8 p.m.. ' MILAN, Mar. 4. The explosion of a huge military powder magazine between Arcisat and Induno early this morning caused many casualties and great damage. Seven men employed at the magazine are missing, 11 soldiers and four civilians were seriously injured, and many persons were slightly injured. The police reported that they had arrested two magazine workers and were seeking two other men. Floors and roofs collapsed in Induno where the people had been warned to abandon their homes because of the danger of further explosions. Fire after the explosion hampered rescue work, but it has now been extinguished.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26713, 6 March 1948, Page 7
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