EXPLOSION IN MELBOURNE
p —— *4 •LAEGE GASOMETER BLOWN UP. . (Rec. April 5, 0.5 a.m.) Melbourne, April i. A great gasometer in South Melbourne, containing three million cubio feet of gas, exploded this forenoon with tremendous force.' The flames leapt to a exeat height. "Windows were smashed and houses shaken in the neighbourhood, but beyond the collapse of. the gasometer no very serious damage was d(.n» F It}' employees were at work. They and residents of the neighbourhood escaped, excepting six, who suffered burns, which are not of a serious nature. —Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 162, 5 April 1920, Page 5
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92EXPLOSION IN MELBOURNE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 162, 5 April 1920, Page 5
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