HUNDREDS KILLED BY GAS
Rumanian Factory Explosion Families Die In Sleep United Pres? Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright BUCHAREST. December I 1. An explosion in chlorine gas tanks at a cellulose factory in the small vilage of Zarnesti, in Transylvania, caused appalling loss of life. It is reported that the whole factory staff of one thousand perished, either as a result of poison gas, which spread for many miles, or in the subsequent fire which consumed the whole village of Zarnesti. Hundreds more were killed by gas in the surrounding district. Excess pressure in the pipes caused the explosion. Fumes spread rapidly among the workers and then two containers blew up. Whole families in houses a mile from the factory were killed by gas while asleep. The fireman of a passenger train standing at the station 250 yards a wav was killed. The passengers fled, but the station staff remained, hut all were killed by gas. Hundreds fleeing into the forests died in their tracks.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21529, 16 December 1939, Page 9
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164HUNDREDS KILLED BY GAS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21529, 16 December 1939, Page 9
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