FIFTY MISSING.
MUNITION DUMP EXPLODES. (United Press Association—By Electrie Tel egr aph—Copyright.) BUCHAREST, August 20. It is supposed that owing to the intense heat, fire exploded a munition dump at Fort Domnesti, twelve miles from Bucharest. Explosion followed explosion throughout the night, the troops rushing to safety after the first report. Fifty men stationed as a garrison are missing and twenty-five are believed to have been killed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18350, 22 August 1929, Page 9
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67FIFTY MISSING. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18350, 22 August 1929, Page 9
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