MUNITIONS.

West Coast Times, 25 November 1915, Page 3

MUNITIONS.

A SUSPICIOUS EXPLOSION. (By Telegraph.—Per Press Association.) OTTAWA November 23 An explosion the cause of which is unknown, but believed to be the work of alien enemies, occurred on the plant of the Canadian Explosives Company at Barry tarn mi. Ontario. The plhnt ocupies three square miles. Five one story buildings used for the storage of cordite, which is manufactured in large quantities, were obliterated. There was 110 loss of life as the employers left before the explosion, the force of which partly wrecked the railway station. In view of the suspicious nature of the occurranee 150 men of the Overseas contingent were despatched and a cordon has been thrown around the works.