FATAL EXPLOSION
STEEL PIPE BURSTS MEN MUTILATED By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 11. A mysterious explosion occurred at a naval cordite factory at Holten Heath. Three employees were killed. A steel pipe conveying acetone vapour exploded. Steel fragments were scattered about the works mutilating the victims, who were standing near. Fire spread to a building containing tons of cordite, which flared up. This building was shattered. Twenty other workmen dashed out and escaped. The flames destroyed the building in a few minutes. Every window in the other portions of the extensive factory was broken.—Sun.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 147, 12 September 1927, Page 1
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