LYDDITE EXPLOSION.
MANY LIA'ES LOST.
By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright
Received 1.5 a.m., Juno 20. London, Juno 19.
The explosion at Woolwich is attributed to grit during the process of removing the stark forming tho cavity for tho exploder. The King sent a message of sympathy to the relatives of tho deceased and injured sufferers. The War Office report states that out of thirty 10 inch lyddite Bheils filled overnight seven are missing. The force of the explosion threw many of the shells to a distauco without exploding them. Lyddite in melting pots in an adjoining building did not explode. Many victims at some distance from the building received wounds. Other accounts state that tho missing shells have been recovered. Several of them demolished walls at a distance, killing aud injuring people. None of them were filled with exploders.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 921, 20 June 1903, Page 2
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