FLOUR MILL EXPLOSION
DETONATION LIKE EARTHQUAKE DISASTER IN MILWAUKEE Number Killed and Missing. Press Association—Copyright. Received 11.50 a.m. Milwaukee (Wis.), April 1 1.. Two men were killed, ten are missing, and thirty are injured, of whom ten are expected to die, as the result of an explosion in a flour mill to-day. The mill employs 200 men, but there were only 90 in it when the explosion occurred. There was a detonation like an earthquake. The mill was demolished, and nearby concrete elevators were knocked askew. Buildings in the vicinity were also damaged.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 405, 12 April 1937, Page 5
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93FLOUR MILL EXPLOSION Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 405, 12 April 1937, Page 5
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