Trapped by Barbed Wire
HEAVY CA.SI.ALTIES. ' Many workers wt>re traipfed by thfl high barbtjd wire fence aiound tibe 'planjb. ■ It ia estimated that the caeualties .are more than jjeven,-hiuiniod. Two thousa,nd people left t the neighbouring 1 villages durinigl the night for fear of further 1 ex[»io&ion». NEW YORE WINDOWS BROKEN. -Later—'Thei Perthiambay expk«iona continue. Windows arei beinff continuously broken in. New Yoik. BRAVE FIREMAN KILLED. While a taraiinload of ' explosives stood on the track near thoi plant a,n unknown fireman jumped, aboard and staa-ted. th« loooinotive, and took the cars out of danger. Then a' shell struck him, killingl him instantly. ENEMY ACTION .SUSPECTED. Refugees ailegp ri«ey saw an, aeroplane circling,' ovea" t'hei plant befovo the explosion.—-A and N.J6. Cn.ble.
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Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13818, 7 October 1918, Page 2
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121Trapped by Barbed Wire Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13818, 7 October 1918, Page 2
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