TRAPPED IN SHOP
EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS. THREE PERSONS KILLED. TWENTY OTHERS INJURED. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received July 3, 10.25 a.m.NEW YORK, July 2. A message from Nampa, Idaho, states that two children and a woman were killed and 20 persons injured, 12 critically, through the explosion of fireworks displayed on a shop counter in connection witli the Fourth of July celebrations.
Someone tossed a lighted fire-cracker on to the counter and the explosion and resultant tire trapped 30 persons in tlie building. .Some leapt from the second storey, sustaining broken limbs. Pedestrians forced their way into the shop and rescued many badly hurt cmldieu.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 182, 3 July 1937, Page 9
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107TRAPPED IN SHOP Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 182, 3 July 1937, Page 9
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