MAGAZINE ACCIDENT.
SIXTEEN TONS OF EXPLOSIVES IGNITED. PERTH, May 20. An explosive magazine at Coolgardie blew up at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, and caused considerable damage. Windows for a great distance around were broken, and the ground ploughed up for sixty yards. The tmilding contained sixteen tons of explosives The vibration was felt 24 iniles distant. No one was injur ed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 117, 21 May 1904, Page 3
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61MAGAZINE ACCIDENT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 117, 21 May 1904, Page 3
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