EXPLOSION AND FIRE.
FIVE MEN BLOWN TO PIECES. DOCKS DESTROYED. (Press Assn.—By Telegraph. Copyright 1 NEW YORK, May 3. At Cleveland a huge quantity of gasolene on. an oil barge exploded, and burst into flames, which spread over, the Guyahoga river, and completely destroyed the docks. The firemen were unable to approach the conflagration. Five men on board the barge were blown to pieces. A tug and other vessels were also burnt.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12754, 4 May 1912, Page 5
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