DESTROYING EXPLOSIVES.
HOW WORK. WAS DONE. 3’he huge stock of explosives which was on hand at the cud of the war, and. which was stored in magazines, makeshift, and semi-permanent, all over Britain, had to be got rid of somehow. Ono of the methods was by burning in comparatively close proximity to one of the magazines. Unstable explosives, which through age or other conditions had become dangerous to handle, were the first to be destroyed, and it was done in this way. The material was tipped on to the ground In rows 3ft to 4ft wide and raked with wooden rakes to a uniform depth. Each row had a string of the stuff as a tail for starting the ignition, which was always done from the lee end, thus retarding the flame by causing U to travel against the wind, and, fncldentally, allowing the “Igniter" gqfflblent time to get clear,
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 April 1926, Page 7
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