EXPLOSION DURING SILENCE
SENSATION AT CHRISTCHURCH.
REPLYING CONCRETE HITS WINDOWS.
f By Tolegraph.—Proas Association. ' Christchurch, November 11. r The noise of a violent explosion reverberated through the city this morning during the Armistice Day silence. It originated from the Royal Exchange buildings in Cathedral Square, where demolition work was proceeding. Flying stones and junks of concrete broke fifteen panes of glass in the rear of the Public Trust Office nearby. The foreman explains that a heavy tharge had been inserted in a big block of concrete that had been found hard to aliift. No one was hurt.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1929, Page 5
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