EXPLOSION AT A FURNACE
■* . , EIGHT PERSONS KILLED. ..•.(Received- January 17, 10 a.m.) ; >-'-.- - BERLIN, January 16.. A disastrous explosion occurred at a blast furnace at Dinsburg. Eight persons were killed and four injiired. CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION. (Received Last Night, 10.10 o'clock.) BERLIN, January 17. The explosion is attributed to a portion of the molten iron ore becoming set in. the upper portion of; the furnace, forming a vacuum sufficient to burst the.furnace. Eight men were instantly engulfed by a torrent of metal. ' Others are missing, and are believed to be beneath the ruins of the furnace.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10531, 18 January 1912, Page 5
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96EXPLOSION AT A FURNACE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10531, 18 January 1912, Page 5
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