NAPLES EXPLOSION
CONCEALMENT OF FACTS ATTEMPTED BY ITALIAN AUTHORITIES. CASUALTIES MORE NUMEROUS THAN ADMITTED. (By TeJegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.0 a.m.) LONDON, April 1. Although Rome admitted only 72 fatalities in the Naples ammunition depot explosion, private sources assert that at least that number of servicemen were killed, while the rain of debris which fell as far as half a mile distant killed scores and injured hundreds. These sources, say a Berne message, claim that at least 400 persons were killed and 2000 injured. The centre of Naples was wrecked, with pieces of masonry strewn everywhere. Salvage gangs are working round the clock in an effort to clear the streets. Makeshift hospitals are filled to overflowing and rescue squads are still digging for the injured and dead. One report states that British and American soldiers were seen near the ammunition depot prior to the explosion. This report is not confirmed, but several people living nearby are stated to have been arrested for harbouring enemy airmen.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 April 1943, Page 4
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166NAPLES EXPLOSION Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 April 1943, Page 4
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