TERRIFIC FIRE AT CHEMICAL WORKS.
FLAMES ENVELOPE A VILLAGE. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. PANIC AMONG THE INHABITANTS PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received 27, 920 am. Berlin, April 26. A great Are occurred at the Grieehien elfctra chf mical works near Frankfort-on-Maioo. Two terrific explosions ef vats tontaining piericacid, used in the manufacture of smokeless powder; took p'ace apd the flames spread rapidly, leaping across (no river Mnine, and enveloped the village of Schwanheim. A hundred persons w*re killed and injured. Heceived 27, G.lO p.m. The inhabitants of GriesWeim and the vicinity fled, expecting an explojsipn of the reservoir containing half a ! million litres of berzino.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 83, 29 April 1901, Page 3
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