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LONDON, Jan 22. The day shift at the munition factory left at 5,30, and only the laboratory and office staff of thirty-five employees engaged on special high explosive work, were remaining. Though the actual cause is not known, it seems certain that the fire started in the upper floor. ( ...Angel, the watchman, and two 'or three others who might have? thrown some light on the question, were seen preparing the emergency fire hoses and perished when the explosion occurred. Five minutes after the alarm the •firemen arrived, and seven minutes from'the commencement there was a great explosion. A lingo crater, fifty yards wide and many feet deep, now marks the site of •the factory.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 January 1917, Page 1
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117Cause Not Known Hokitika Guardian, 24 January 1917, Page 1
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