GAS CLOUD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 23 May 1928, Page 5

GAS CLOUD.

THE HAMBURG TRAGEDY. STREETS STILL DESERTED. Press Association-Electric Telegraph-Copyright (Received Wednesday, 5.55 a.m.) BE R LIN, Tuesday. Ninety-five are still in the hospital at Hamburg. Of these seven arc in a critical condition and the state of twenty-six is serious, though the doctors hope to save them. Gas-helmeted men are parading the deserted streets reminiscent of war time. It will be days before the people can return to their homes. Officials deny knowledge of the existence of the gas though there are allegations that it was manufactured in Russia as an emergency supply against disturbances during the Ruhr occupation.—Australian and N.Z. Press Assn. INCREASE IN CASES. (Received Wednesday, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON. Tuesday. The Hamburg correspondent of ‘ ‘ The Times” says that the hospitals arc still treating 250 cases of those affected by the gas explosion. Cases which at first appeared to be slight are becoming more serious. Several hitherto who were apparently unaffected have been admitted to hospital to-day. Stolzonburg’s say that the leakage is inexplicable, inasmuch as the tanks were periodically tested and carefully supervised. The authorities are demanding why gas sufficient to wipe out the population of Hamburg was stored in ordinary instead of steed lined tanks. —The Times.