STILL CRITICAL

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 61, 23 May 1928, Page 5

STILL CRITICAL

HAMBURG GAS VICTIMS. STREETS DESERTED.' '■ ';' •■■'.' ,'i ": .!. W'i' '■.. CHFFICHjAL DENIALS ISSUED, j :i>i ; i United. Press Assn.—By Electric, j Telegraph Copyright. ■ M j V, (Receivedß.ss a.m.) C|>, , BERLIN, May .27. I f Twenty-five aro still in hospital!at - of the ga&:exdition and the state of twenty-six .is. serious, though the doctors hop©-.'to' gave ..' . ' , o Gas helmietedl men 'are parading thej deserted .streets, which are reminiscent of war time. It will be days befOrej the people can return to their homes.j Officials deny all knowledge of the existence of gas though there are allegations thaib it was manufactured; in. Russia as an emergency supply against the disturbances during 'the Ruhr occupation.—Australian Press. • 'Assn. ■ ","'"'! SEVERAL NEW CASES. (Received Noon.) LONDON, May 22. The Times 'Hamburg correspon-; dent says the hospitals are still; treating 250 cases of those affected by the gas explosion. Cases which at firsrappeared to be slight are be,-' coming more, serious, several who hitherto were apparently unaffected; have been 'admitted to hospital Jo-; ' .day.".' v,,,; . - r \ The firm concerned says the leakage Ts inexplicable, inasmuch as the tanks were; periodically tested and carefully .supervised. The authorities are demanding to know why gas suflacient to, wipe out the popu-j latiOn of' Hamburg was stored, in j ordinary, instead of steel-lined tanks. ■—Times Cables;'.■■„