ASTONISHING REVELATIONS.
RECENT EXPLOSION. CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE. By Telegraph.—'Press Assn.—Copyright. Received March 26, 5.5 p.m. London, March 25. Astbnishing revelations are being -made in connection with the Tipton explosion. The chief inspector of explosives gave evidence that the floor of the shop was concrete, but impregnated with gunpowder. The girls wore boots with nails. The atmosphere was permeated with dust from the powder. Other evidence showed there was no guard in front of the stove used for soldering purposes, and burning coke constantly dropped on the floor. At the end of the day’s work there would be in each box, which, twentyfour girls used, thirty-six? pounds of loose powder. A boy took this powder and put it into a neighboring canal. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1922, Page 5
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123ASTONISHING REVELATIONS. Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1922, Page 5
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