A SHOCKING DISASTER
(By Talegnph—Pren Awoclatlon—Copyright). BERLIN, July 12. An oil store and adjoining dynamite factory at Wurgendorf, Westphalia, exploded, eight persons being killed and two injured. BERLIN. July 13. Received July 13, 9.30 p.m. Ten people were killed and twenty seriously injured at Wurgendorf, and the factory was completely demolished. Human remains were hurled a hundred feet into a neighbouring forest. The explosion was due to a mistake in the mixing process.
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Southland Times, Issue 16786, 14 July 1911, Page 5
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73A SHOCKING DISASTER Southland Times, Issue 16786, 14 July 1911, Page 5
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