Terrific Dynamite Explosion.
(Per Press Association.) t>EKLiN March 20. There were n'teen. tons of dynamite which exploded on board the ve-sel at Wesel-on Rhine, this part of the cargo being intended for transhipment for Australia. The explosion destroyed two other ships which w?re lying near at hand. The shock was felt miles away. Every house in the vicinity was destroyed, and in the outlying villages many people were injured, thus leading to the bfilief than an earthquake had occurred.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 224, 22 March 1895, Page 2
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