TERRIFIC EXPLOSION;
« DYNAMITE CAR BLOWN UP. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Mexico City, August 19. A car of dynamite standing in a street in the suburban district of Ta-cu-bava exploded, killing or injuring one hundred persons, chiefly women and children. Thirty bodies have already been, recovered from wrecked buildings. Within fifty yards of the scenoi of the explosion not a single structure was left standing.
The explosion is believed to have been due to a collision between a loaded car with iron and- the car containing the dynamite.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1833, 21 August 1913, Page 7
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86TERRIFIC EXPLOSION; Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1833, 21 August 1913, Page 7
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