DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT FIVE MILLIONS.
NEW YORK. Oct. 5
.- Fires raging at Pert-ham boy made -':• an appioach of more than two miles iin- , -possible. An vmofßcial list of tho dead totals J,400. A dozen towns were badly shaken.
The Mayor of New York has ordered the closing of subways leading to the New Jersey shore. Further explosionsaat.r t . imminent. Tho communities around Morgan, wlk-to the plant is situated, have evacuated coniplete'y. Thousands of residents are thronging the roads. T'ii> scone is com. jparablc to that of tho early days of the war in Belgium. Many are living in tents, afraid to return. The damage is estimated at five millions sterling.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17397, 7 October 1918, Page 6
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110DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT FIVE MILLIONS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17397, 7 October 1918, Page 6
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