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[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] FORTY KILLED. BERLIN. May 20. Work at the Hassloeh Powder Factory was in full swing when one of the workshops exploded. This apparently was due to spontaneous combustion. Other explosions immediately followed, with eatnstrophical effect. One entire factory was swept, away, the masonry and parts of the heavy machinery, as well as the bodies of the workers, being hurled 'hundreds of yards. The shock of the explosion was felt miles away. The ruins of the factors caught fire, but the firemen and the rescuers were unable for some time to approach the injured workers, who lay screaming with agony. Forty persons were killed and scores were injured in the terriffic explosion Which occurred in the Bavarian powder works at Hassloeh. The building was obliterated, and a huge crater was made in the ground. Some of the bodies were hurled a hundred yards, and others were burned. The explosion was the worst since the war. BERLIN, May 20. It is now officially stated nine were killed and fifty injured in tlie explosion at Hassloeh.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1926, Page 3
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179GERMAN ITEMS Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1926, Page 3
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