GAS EXPLOSION KILLS 8, INJURES 60
New York. July 18. A gas explosion which officials, a few hours earlier, had tried to avert, killed eight, injured at least 60 and demolished four buildings in the centre of Onset (Massachusetts), a summer resort. Two other buildings were so severely damaged that they had to be razed. The blast was attributed by the police to natural gas in a restaurant cellar escaping. Fumes were detected in the morning and police, firemen, and gas-workers traced the defect to a cellar. It was corrected soon afterwards, but aparcntly a gas pocket had formed and was ignited mysteriously. The restaurant was crowded with mid-day patrons.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 167, 22 July 1946, Page 5
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