EXPLOSION IN FRANCE
MUNITIONS DEPOT BLOWN UP THIRTY KILLED AND MANY INJURED . • (Rec. March 17, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, March 15. Two terrific explosions were followed by fires in a munitions depot at St. Denis. The glass was'shattered everywhere and tlie»shop fronts demolished in a score of streets. There was intense excitement. The first thought was that German aeroplanes had reached tho city without warning. At least thirty wero killed and many injured, though tho wounds are mostly slight.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu. (R<x:. March 17, 5.5 p.m.) • " Paris, March'ls. ' Luckily there wero few working at the St. Denis iactoiy at the time of the explosion. The, building, replaced one destroyed by an' explosion in 1916.— Router. ..•.-".
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 153, 18 March 1918, Page 5
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115EXPLOSION IN FRANCE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 153, 18 March 1918, Page 5
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