SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT ANTWERP.
Brussels, Sept, 6. i A cartridge factory at Antwerp exploded to-d»y. Two hundred workmen were killed, and one hundred woug/led, Several petroleum factories adjoining caught fire, and a hundred thousand barrels of petroleum were burnt, A block of buildings covering two sores were destroyed. Sept. 7. It was Corvillain’s cartridge factory which exploded. The effect much resembled that of an earthquake, It was even more disastrous than at first reported, and, it is now estimated that fully three hundred people were killed and a tbgusand wounded. The river Schelde wag covered with burning petroleum, but fortunately the wind was blowing in a direction that left ihe shipping untouched. Two hundred factory girls are either killed or seriously injured. The general damage to the port at Antwerp, and including the Bourse, is most extensive. It is feared that the steeple of the cathedral is injured, and every window in Antwerp is broken. All crane machinery in connection with the port lies.in mins.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1941, 10 September 1889, Page 1
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165SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT ANTWERP. Temuka Leader, Issue 1941, 10 September 1889, Page 1
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