SHOWER OF FIRE
GASOMETER EXPLOSION
TWO WORKMEN KILLED
GALLANT RESCUE EFFORT
TRAGEDY AT DEWSBURY
(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed.' June lit, 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, June 18. Exploding with a sheet of flame and a vast plume of smoke, a gasometer at Dewsbury, of a capacity of 1,250,000 cubic feet, blew off its cover and killed two cousins, Samuel and James Gledli i 11, whose bodies were discovered among the debris. Herbert Hincheliff'e and Joseph Rhodes were injured.
Rhodes said that he and Samuel Gledhill were outside the meter house and James Gledhill was inside. The explosion blew Rhodes for some distance, and Hinehcliffe, stooping to help him, caught the full blast of the fire and a shower of slates and stones/biit saved his 'companion's life. Doctors, nurses and a fire brigade were quicklv on the spot. A fireman prevented the ignition of an adjacent gasometer containing 750,000 cubic feet. The explosion cut off the supply to a portion of Dewsbury and damaged the surrounding works.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19045, 19 June 1936, Page 5
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166SHOWER OF FIRE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19045, 19 June 1936, Page 5
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