POISON FOG
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Noxious Gases from Smeliing Works ONE WORKMAN DEAD
(By Telegraph-
(Eeceived 28, 11.30 a.m.) BEUSSELS, Dec. 27. One workmau is dead and 20 were injured, believed to be due tc poison fog from blast furnaces at smelting works near Charleroi. A thick fog hanging over the district is believed to have prevented the escape of noxious gases from the smolte staclcj. The tragedy recalls a similar disaster in 1930, in which 70 perished.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 80, 28 December 1937, Page 7
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78POISON FOG Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 80, 28 December 1937, Page 7
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