FATAL LYDDITE EXPLOSION
CAUSED BY THE HEAT. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. London, August 20. The heat affected a lyddite shell in the magazine at Portland and caused it to explode. Two thousand pounds' worth of shells were destroyed.
Six persons were killed by the explosion.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 51, 22 August 1911, Page 5
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45FATAL LYDDITE EXPLOSION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 51, 22 August 1911, Page 5
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