ACETYLENE EXPLOSIONS
A SERIOUS DANGER. (United Press Association -By Electric Telegraph—Copy right). (Received this day nt 11 a.m.) BERLIN, July 24. The bursting of acetylene in a large oxygen factory, started a serious explosion of oxygen holders. The first explosion sent up a jet of fire one hundred yards into the air, warning workers and neighbouring resident's who ran for their lives. The fire engulfed the factory but explosions which continued for an hour, held the firemen at bay. Every explosion sent the containers hundreds of feet in to the air. It shook buildings for miles distant. Residents became panic stricken, believing that the gas holders at Tegel, the largest in Europe, were going to explode. Apparently some of the victims were buried in the ruins as cries for help were heard, hut this is at present impossible to verify. EXTENSION.TO GASWORKS PREVENTED. (Received this day at noon.) BERLIN, July 24. Firemen controlling the'fire originating in the oxygen factory, prevented : ts extension to the gasworks. Nearly all the employees escaped, only twelve being injured, four of them seriously. >■<
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1929, Page 5
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178ACETYLENE EXPLOSIONS Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1929, Page 5
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