NOBEL FACTORY WRECKED.
Struck by Lightning in Storm. DESTROYED BY VIOLENT EXPLOSIONS. .United Press Association— By Electric Te! egraph —Copyright (Received March 3, 9.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, March S. During a terrific storm to-day, ft portion of the explosives factory of Nobel (Australasia) Proprietary Ltd., at Deer Park, fifteen miles from the city, was struck by lightning and wrecked. A series of violent explosions occurred. and these smashed every window in the building, also many windows of houses and shops for miles around. The noise was heard in some distant suburbs. The workmen at Nobel’s were fortunately not on the premises. Having been warned of the approaching storm, they had left the acid room which was destroyed. Dense volumes of black rising from the ruins, enveloped the whole district. A local hotel suffered much damage, even doors and shelves being displaced and debris littered in every room. Nobody was hurt. The Defence Department’s cordite factory, in the same vicinity, escaped damage.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18817, 4 March 1931, Page 9
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160NOBEL FACTORY WRECKED. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18817, 4 March 1931, Page 9
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