AN EXPLOSION DISASTER
TERRIBLE SCENES. TERRIFIC CONCUSS I.OX. [Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] PRAGUE, March (!. While the main street of the city was crowded at the lunch hour with pronielinders, a wagon fully laden with ammunition and guarded by b'c soldiers blew up. An indescribable panic ensued. When the smoke cleared it was found that live had been killed and hiinety-two injured. Several houses were demolished. PRAGUE, -March (i. Despite the low figures issued, the authorities believe that over twenty were killed and one hundred injured by the explosion. The transport consisted of five "'agon g- laden with artillery explosives. The explosion was the result of a box of hand-grenades falling to the ground and then setting off the entire trails..i n.., ...omiccinn iif which WAS
Despite the low figures issued, the r authorities believe that over twenty were killed and one hundred injured by the explosion. The transport consisted of five wagons - laden with artillery explosives. The explosion was the result of a box of hand-grenades falling to the ground and then setting off the entire transport, the concussion of which was heard fifteen miles away. The scene was one of indescribable confusion. Two soldiers were blown to atoms. One was hurled through a third storey window. It is difficult to obtain an accurate estimate of the dead, owing to the confusion. It is believed that one hundred arc injured. Glass, stones, bricks and masonry were scattered over a wide area. Hardly a window was not broken. Shrieks of agony were heard in houses as well as in the streets. f l’| lo hospitals were soon filled with victims, some of whom had lost both
their legs. . . , . - Morses shockingly maimed dashed wildly through the panic stricken crowds. They had to Ire caught and shot. Pedestrians were to he seen running through the streets with torn clothing and blood streaming. • The whole city was seething with excitment. The crowds were enraged been use the munitions wore alleged to have been transported in unprotected
wagons. Tbe police are reported to be investigating tlie possibility of a plot. High officials rushed to the scene.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 March 1926, Page 3
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