WHEAT ELEVATOR WRECKED
destroye;d by dust , EXPLOSION. ONE MILLION POUNDS DAMAGE. lElec. Tel. Copy rignt— United Press A ten.) (Australian and N.Z. Cnhle Association). (Received August 11. 1.15 p.m.) . OTTAWA. August 9. A dust explosion wecked zn immense wheat elevator at Port Colbome. It destroyed two million bufihejs- of grain. and sank some small steamers and barges. Ihe debris was blown a mile and; ahalf a-way. Twenty persons were killed. ■ The damage is estimated atone mill ; on pounds sterling. v
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14984, 11 August 1919, Page 6
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