Explosion at Woolwich.
The bursting of a shell in the lyddite factory at Woolwich killed fourteen persons and injured thirteen others. The explosion at Woolwich is attributed to grit during the process of removing a stack forming a cavity for the exploder. King Edward has sent a message of sympathy to the relatives of the deceased and to the injured sufferers. ' The War Office report on the matter states that ©ut of thirty teninch lyddite shells over-night seven are missing. The force of the explosion threw many of the shells to a distance without exploding them. Lyddite in malting pots in an adjoining building did not explode. Many of the victims who reeeived -wounds were some distance from the building. Other accounts state that the missing shells have been recovered. Several of them demolished walls at a distance, killing and injuring people. None of the shells were fitted with exploders.
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Manawatu Herald, 23 June 1903, Page 2
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150Explosion at Woolwich. Manawatu Herald, 23 June 1903, Page 2
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