HAMBURG EXPLOSION.

Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17409, 23 May 1928, Page 7

HAMBURG EXPLOSION.

95 IN • HOSPITAL. SOME IN CRITICAL CONDITION.- • (By TeJegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association). (Received May 23, 8.55 a.m.) BERLIN, May 22. Ninety-five are still in hospital at Hamburg. Seven are in a critical condition, and the state of 26 is serious though the doctors hope to save them. Gas-helmetcd men are parading the deserted streets, and the conditions are reminiscent of nvar-time. It will be some days before the people can return to their homes. Officials deny knowledge of the existence of gas, though there are allegations that it was manufactured in Russia as an emergency supply against disturbances during the Ruhr occupation. 260 CASES IN HOSPITAL. INEXPLICABLE HAPPENING. AUTHORITIES SEEK EXPLANATIONS (Times Cable.) (Received May 23, 12 noon.) LONDON, May 22. The Hamburg correspondent of The Times says the hospitals are. still treating 250 cases of those affected by the gas explosion. Cases which at first appeared to be slight are becoming more serious, and several hitherto who were apparently unaffected have been admitted to the hospital to-day. The management of Stalzenburg's say 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 steel lined tanks.