MUNSTER EXPLOSION
OVER FOUR HUNDRED VICTIMS By Telegraph—Press. Association—OoDyrlghl . ■ Amsterdam, December 28. : Details of the recent great explosion of tlie munition factory at Jlunster, Westphalia, show _ that a sergeant noticed smoke issuing from a floor, an<t ordered 750 people to quit tho factory, A. violent explosion followed, aud over four hundred fell viotims. Many women and children in the neighbourhood, thinking it iras an air-raid, rushed into tho street. This curiosity led to many fatalities, as the shells m the factory continued to explode. One damaged & number of houses, and killed several people.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2656, 30 December 1915, Page 5
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93MUNSTER EXPLOSION Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2656, 30 December 1915, Page 5
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