SECOND EDITION. A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
100 PEOPLE KILLED OR INJURED. MANY BUILDINGS DESTROYED. Press Association—Telegraph—Copyright, ileeived August 20, noon. MEXICO CITV. August 19. An explosion of a car ol dynamite wKicli was standing in a street in the suburban district ol Tacuhay killed 01 injured one hundred persons, chiafh women and children. Thirty bodies have already been recovered. The explosion Wrecked all the buildings within a ra dius of fifty yards, not a single structure .being left standing. It is believed that the explosion was caused by a collision between a car loaded with iron and the -dynamite car.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH19130820.2.80
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14065, 20 August 1913, Page 7
Word Count
99
SECOND EDITION. A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14065, 20 August 1913, Page 7
Log in