THREE KILLED
EXPLOSION IN AMMUNITION WORKS WINDOWS BROKEN A MILE AWAY Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright MELBOURNE. September 25 Two women and a man were killed in a terrific explosion which destroyed the cartidge house in the ammunition packing section of Imperial Chemical Industries (Nobel, Australasia, Ltd.) at Deer Park this afternoon. The explosion was heard through the metropolitan area and for a radius of 20 miles, and it broke windows a mile away. About 300 employees, mostly girls, in this section of the works were blinded by smoke as they fled from the buildings in a shower of splintered wood, iron, and concrete. None was seriously injured.
The killed were Frances O’Gorman, aged 25. William Gordon, aged 34. Ethel Foster, aged 29. All were killed instantly. Fearing sabotage, the premises were quickly surrounded by military guards, but to-night it was officially announced that the explosion was accidental. A sheet of flame rose 100 ft above the works when the explosion occurred, and it was feared that the whole works would go up. Hundreds of screaming girls ran from the works, and some were hit by flying debris. The girls were sent home for the day. but wall resume in the morning.
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Evening Star, Issue 23381, 26 September 1939, Page 8
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200THREE KILLED Evening Star, Issue 23381, 26 September 1939, Page 8
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