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BOMB OUTRAGE AT BROKEN HILL

a "MINER" OFFICE DAMAGED. As cabled recently, an attempt to destroy the "Barrier Miner" newspaper office at Broken Hill by a bomb was made between 12 and half-past 12 o'clock on a recent Sunday morning:. The bomb, it was supposed, was placed or cast through the leadlight near the main door opening from Sulphide Street, and the explosion did considerable damage in the literary and commercial departments. Tho doors were smashed to splinters or blown off their hinges. Many windows and fanlights were broken,, and holes were torn in tlio floor and ceilings. None of the linotype or printing machinery, however," was damaged. Tho roiwrt was hoard all over the city, and tho explosion was felt by people living in t.lm vicinity. A window in tho Trades Hal! and several windows in the Courthouse were broken by the concussion. Tho. police were quickly on the so">o, but' were unable to do anything. They remained on guard for the of the night, and continued investigations next day. Several members of tli» I.W.W. «-ho were sent to gaol in pr"'> t <>nil l < ,r l*«t had iii-it 1-cii vol.-wp.l. Tho I.W.W. fsnys tho "Sun" rennrt) w.is conrnnip'l in a previous, attack on the "Miner" nflic". No nrrosk have been made. It is thought flint the explosive used was rjpli'niito. T ! '" (lnm.T'p donpwas probably from t'.rn In £100. . . .-.

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 113, 30 January 1918, Page 5

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BOMB OUTRAGE AT BROKEN HILL Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 113, 30 January 1918, Page 5

BOMB OUTRAGE AT BROKEN HILL Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 113, 30 January 1918, Page 5

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