EXPLOSIONS AND FIRE
NEW JERSEY PAINT WORKS LOSS OF LIFE AND SERIOUS DAMAGE. Received July 31, 10.20 p.m. NEW YORK, July 31. Fire following explosions in paint works at Camden, New Jersey, killed five, injured 200, destroyed 43 resi-
dences, left 1000 homeless, and caused damage estimated at 2,000,000 dollars. Martial law has been declared to prevent looting. Officials denied sabotage rumours.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 179, 1 August 1940, Page 5
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