15 KILLED IN EXPLOSION
TRAGEDY IN AMERICAN CITY
WORKERS BURNED IN DEBRIS
PACKING WORKS WRECKED
By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 7 p.m. New York, May 8. Fifteen were killed and nine injured by an explosion in the stokehouse at the Armour Packing Company, South St. Joseph, Missouri, late to-day. It is believed the explosion was caused by the bursting of an ammonia tank. Thirty were buried in the debris and of them 12 were dead when rescuers found them.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 May 1930, Page 9
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