AMERICAN DISASTER
OVER FOUR MILLIONS DAMAfiE. A MYSTERIOUS TUG. TWO EAILWAYMEN ARRESTED. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Xew York, .Inly 31. The damage caused liv the explosion is estimated at from Jour to six millions sterling. .The ilcaMi roll is still conjectural, though it is believed to be relatively simUl. Many included in the first estimates escaped. Before the second explosion the crews of several barges were missing, and three arrests for negligence have been ordered. The authorities are investigating the movements of a mysterious tug, on which it is alleged the lire started. As the outcome of the explosion two railway oflicials have been arrested and charged with manslaughter. The"floating boxes of explosives are a menace to shipping. |
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1916, Page 5
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