TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
MEXICO CITY, Aii-list 19. The explosion of a car of dynamite that was standing in the street of a suburban district near Tacubaya killed or injured 100 persons, chiefly women and children. Thirty bodies have already been recovered.
The explosion wrecked all buildings within a radius of 50yds. It is believed it was caused by a collision between a car loaded with iron .and the dynamite car.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3102, 27 August 1913, Page 25
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69TERRIFIC EXPLOSION Otago Witness, Issue 3102, 27 August 1913, Page 25
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