COURNEUVE BOMB EXPLOSION.
LONDON. March 19. It is reported that 1500 persons were injured m the Courneuve disaster. It appears that three men were carrying ft case of hand bombs, when they heard a click, indicating that a detonator was m action. They dropped the case and ran for their lives. The box blew up and other explosions followed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14567, 1 April 1918, Page 4
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59COURNEUVE BOMB EXPLOSION. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14567, 1 April 1918, Page 4
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