FIRE AFTER EXPLOSION
LONDON FIRM’S PREMISES
PEOPLE DON GASMASKS
(Reed. August 7, 9 a.m.) LONDON, August 6,
An explosion on the premises of the Miscellaneous Disposals Syndicate. a Government contracting firm, at Holland Park, which was unoccupied during the week-end. blew out sliding do'ors and filled the street with smoke and shattered glass, and set fire to the stock room.
A man was reported to have been seen earlier hastily motoring from the scene.
Residents, in escaping from adjacent buildings, effectively used airraid masks. Firemen quenched the fire from neighbouring roofs.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20009, 7 August 1939, Page 5
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91FIRE AFTER EXPLOSION Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20009, 7 August 1939, Page 5
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