EXPLOSION IN FACTORY.
A SENSATIONAL SEQUEL. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received March 19, 5.5 pjn. London, March 18. A sensational development of the Tipton explosion is reported. Knowles, the husband of the factory owner, and Chadwick, the manager, have been charged with manslaughter. The deaths in the explosion totalled 18. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
The Tipton explosion occurred in a factory full of girls, by which ten were killed and others severely injured, several eventually dying* In the factory the girts were engaged in removing powder from tons of cartridges, and it was stated that at the time of the explosion the floor was covered with powder.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 March 1922, Page 5
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105EXPLOSION IN FACTORY. Taranaki Daily News, 20 March 1922, Page 5
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