CHEMICAL FACTORY AFIRE.
BENZINE AND CHEMICALS ABLAZE,
Times and Sydney Sun Cables. Received 31, 5.5 p.m.
London, March 31. An explosion of a benzine tank at Wordman and Holdcn's chemical works, Manchester, resulted in the destruction of seven acres of works. Two hundred police kept the crowds back. Many explosions of creosote, riapt&aline and sulphuric acid occurred, and the jlames were a hundred foct high. Flames made it most difficult for the firemen to work. Tons of sulphuric acid were turned into the street sewers for safety. A thousand factory workmen escaped by the windows.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 260, 1 April 1914, Page 5
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95CHEMICAL FACTORY AFIRE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 260, 1 April 1914, Page 5
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