THE DUPONT FACTORY OUTRAGE
MANY THOUSANDS HOMELESS MUNITIONS SHIPMENTS DELAYED. By Telegraph—Press Association—OopyrieM New York, December 10. Thei destruction of the town'.of Hope- ■ well, Virginia, has rendered twenty-nvo thousand persons homeless. . ■ Infuriated peoplo' lynched a negro ■. i caught looting. - . Mairtial law has been..declared.. Per- : sous suspected of: German sympathies will be- arrested. '. _ Munition - shipments for the Allies will ; suffer heavily by the fire. . [A message published .on Friday stated: ''AV fire practically .'destroyed the • - Dupont.Powdfer Factory' and '. ; he • town of Hopewell, erected for. the purpose of ac-' commodating workers who are making •munitions for the Allies. The powder plant..was-not,. reached. It. is .believed to ho another pro-German outrage. Riots ■occurred, necessitating the calling Out • «£ the militia to,supjjress them.] . ANOTHER EXPLOSION BETHLENAM STEED PLANT DESTROYED , Washington, December 10. In Eastern Pennsylvania an explosion destroyed the 'Bethlehem Steel Com- : ■ ' pany's plant/ which wae engaged in making munitions. Several men .rere : tilled and fifteen injured.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2642, 13 December 1915, Page 6
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152THE DUPONT FACTORY OUTRAGE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2642, 13 December 1915, Page 6
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