EXPLOSION KILLS 14 MEN
WRECK OF. U.S.A’. GAS PLANT
CONCUSSION SHAKES CITY / ■ /
WORKMEN TRAPPED BELOW
FOUR SUFFER INJURIES
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Boston, March 9.
Fourteen workmen were killed by an explsoion in a purifying box at the Camden (New Jersey) Public Service Electric and Gas Company’s plant to-day. Four -&ere injured, two seriously. One escaped. Residences for blocks were shaken. The scene of the explosion is a mile from the central city area. The blast was made harrowing by the cries of relatives of the doomed men.
The explosion was caused by a spark, either the result of a blow on the metal inner shell of the tank or a lighted match that ignited the gas collected within.
A tremendous roar announced the accident, while practically all the workmen, many earning their first pay in weeks, were trapped below. A fierce .torchlike flame followed but was speedily extinguished by firemen.
The tank is a square steel structure 20ft by 20ft and 15 feet deep, raised from thl ground on steel girders 15 feet high.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1932, Page 7
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