ITALIAN DISASTER
GREAT DEVASTATION CAUSED BY EXPLOSIONS A HUNDRED WORKMEN MISSING BrTtlssraph-Preas ABioolatlon-OopyriffM Milan, November 28. The extant of the. explosions at Vergato, which lasted for thirty hours, is unknown. The dis.'rict is a burning volcano and is unapproachable. Depots in which hundreds of tons of picric acid and huge stacks of bombs and shells were stored blew up. One hundred workmen arc missing. Vergato, a town of 1000 inhabitants, was wiped out, and presents the appearance of a war-devastated territory. Railway stations, churches, schools, and factories were wrecked, .and steel girdbrs crashed on the roofs of houses a mile away. Fire brigades nnd troops suffered severe casualties while endeavouring to penetrate the scono of the disaster.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 56, 30 November 1920, Page 7
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120ITALIAN DISASTER Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 56, 30 November 1920, Page 7
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