LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE.
' '2CO TONS OF SMOKELESS VIiWIX&R,- EXPLORES.
1 VIENNA, June 7
Two 'hundred tons of smokeless powder exploded to-day m the military magazine at Waellei'sdor^. 30 miles from Vienna.
Fragments of 14 bodies liave already been racov-ered, and over a hundred other persons Arere injured. Ammunition which was being loaded on a .motor-car caused tho explosion. Seven workmen and two soldiers were blown to pieces. Of one of the soldiers only the buttons and a portion of hi. s uniform have been found.
An entire squadron of cavalry several hundred yards away were thrown to thr ground by the concussion, Many of the 'men- -"wevo, -injured. A motor-car, that was being driven along the road wa? bloWn/vft&pteU&s '4ntl the 'occupants kjjled. The; ( saMef » "oe'fel^M ofHcev, who; ' with 'his 1 hfer^e, ! W(ik blown 60 m the air. V •- \ l ~ ! r. The effect "ori thi' feurioUnding country ,was ; libe that of, an earthquake. '■ : Al Wiener Neiistadt. eight' miles ' ! away.> hundreds of windows were t broken, anc' scores <;f people were injured, including many H..h<ioj -children. A telephone giri was killed by splinters pf glass which cut a jugular veini
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12826, 27 July 1912, Page 3 (Supplement)
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189LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12826, 27 July 1912, Page 3 (Supplement)
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