THE MUNITIONS WORKS FIRE
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE BY EXPLOSION
WORK STOPPED IN OTHER
MILLS
London, June 15. ) The can.se of the fire at the munitions > factory at Ashton-under-Lyne is not - known, but it is believed to have been i due to the fusing of electric wires. ) There were seventy employees on the - premises. The managr ran through the - building to warn employees, and him--1 self was killed. Meanwhile the firemen i endeavoured to extinguish the outbreak I in vain. i There was a complete stoppage of '. work yesterday in the mills within two : miles of the explosion, owing to the ! damage done. It is expected that Bnkin- . field will be without gas for three months.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES (Rec. June 17, 5.5 p.m.) London, June 16. The Press Bureau reports: In the Ashton-under-Lyne explosion 41 were killed and 130 injured; The fire was , caused by the explosion. The majority '. of the workpeople escaped. —Aus.-N.Z. ' Cable Assn.-Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3113, 18 June 1917, Page 5
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158THE MUNITIONS WORKS FIRE Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3113, 18 June 1917, Page 5
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