FATAL EXPLOSIONS
Twenty-four Dead at Manila. Manila, March 16. Twenty-four .persons are known to he dead and 21 others, of whom four ! are dying., were taken to hospital toi day as the result of two explosions I followed by a fire at a fire cracker I plant at Pasay, a suburban district of | Manila. The police believe a group of men I v 'ho resented the employment of wo- | men was responsible. Most of the vic- , Urns were women. ! Other bodies 1 are believed to be in J the smouldering ruins. j Lim Chong, the proprietor, is missing, blit it is alleged that he Told the authorities recently -when he refused | to hire a. group of mien that they L threatened tfttlle.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 385, 17 March 1937, Page 6
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