The Itornsey (England) dust destructor has hud a narrow escape from being partially, if not wholly, destroyed. A collection of refuse from 11 houses had been deposited on the platform, which was carrying it rapidly to the furnace, when the foreman chanced to see among the rubbish a German stick boinb. lie retrieved it just as it ncared the mouth of the furnace. v 'i'lio fuse had been removed, hut the bomb was loaded. Ho at once put it into a bucket of water and informed the police. The matter is now in the hands of tho military authorities.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 255, 23 July 1919, Page 3
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99Untitled Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 255, 23 July 1919, Page 3
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