DISASTER AT NEWCASTLE.

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DISASTER AT NEWCASTLE.

SIX MEN MISSING

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.)

(Received June 2,~8.40 p.m.) London, May 21. While men were loading shells into a wherry at -Armstrong and Whitworth's works at Newcastle, lyddite exploded and the wherry sank. The shell shop was nearly wrecked-. Six men are missing, and many were injured. Over a wide area buildings were damaged.

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Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15088, 3 June 1919, Page 5

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