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14 PERSONS KILLED NINE OTHERS INJURED (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.! (Australian Press Assn.—United Service. (Received Nov. 9. 10 a.in.) NEW YORK. Nov. 8. A message from Lynn, Massachusetts, states that 14 persons .vere killed on Tuesday morning by an explosion which wrecked Hie slice plant of the I’relile Box Toe Co. at East Lynn. Nine others who were injured are in a serious condition. and several are missing. Flames from the explosion burst into a neighboring house, killing a woman ami her four children. The others killed are believed to l.e workeis employed by the Preble Box Toe ((o.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16797, 9 November 1928, Page 7
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102TRAGIC EXPLOSION Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16797, 9 November 1928, Page 7
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