CANTON EXPLOSION
ARMOURY BLOWN UP. FOLLOWING A FIRE. United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SH ANGHAI, June 21. Canton armoury, the third Kwangtung military division was blown up, following an outbreak of fire. A. bomb and shell ammunition explosion lasting two hours caused a panic in the city. The casualties are undetermined, but are believed to be heavy, mostly soldiers, and a few pedestrians. Firemen were struck by missiles. -Incendiarism was first suspected, but it is now replaced by a belief that the affair was accidental.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1929, Page 5
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