GASSED BY CHLORINE
Mishap In Sydney Suburb (Received January 27, 1 1..'15 p.m.l SYDNEY, January 27. More than 1(1 people were gassed by chlorine in a Sydney suburb early this morning when the top was accidentally knocked off a cylinder containing liquid chlorine. 'l'he deadly gas spread quickly through homes and factories up to 200 cards away, and people trapped in bed ;.r at work staggered into the street in a vain effort In escape the choking fumes. Ambulance men ami firemen, pmleeled by respirators, treated those affected. Thirty people had Io bo taken Io hospital. Carried by the wind, lhe fumes affected on - girl half a mile away. Ibe gas was discernible a mile from lhe seem- of lhe niish.-ip. which oecured when a lorry loaded with chlorine cylinders was being backed out of a garage.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 105, 28 January 1943, Page 5
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137GASSED BY CHLORINE Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 105, 28 January 1943, Page 5
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