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THE OPPAU DISASTER,
i ;?' ? . THE DREADFUL RESULTS OP AN EXPLOSION IN A CHEMICAL FACTORY. Towards the end of September the world was startled by news of a catastrophe at Oppau, near Mannheiib, in Germany, when practically the ,vhole town was damaged by a terrific explosion in a chemical factory. The cause of the disaster has not yet been definitely established. During the war the place was used in manufacturing' poison gas. 13et we-.n 500 and 600 lives were lost. The pictures show:— 1. One of the hundreds of houses reduced to ruins. 2. Crowd of sightseers viewing the scene of the disaster. S. A French military kitchen feed inj; the refugees. 4. Though hundreds of places were destroyed, the 3 gre-at factory ahimneys were left standing. 5. The centre of the explosion. Two enormous gasometers stood oa this spot, but now there is only a huge crater, 300 feet wide and 40 feet deep, filled with water. Help
i ;?' ? . THE DREADFUL RESULTS OP AN EXPLOSION IN A CHEMICAL FACTORY.
Towards the end of September the world was startled by news of a catastrophe at Oppau, near Mannheiib, in Germany, when practically the ,vhole town was damaged by a terrific explosion in a
chemical factory. The cause of the disaster has not yet been definitely established. During the war the place was used in manufacturing' poison gas. 13et we-.n 500 and 600 lives were lost. The
pictures show:— 1. One of the hundreds of houses reduced to ruins. 2. Crowd of sightseers viewing the scene of the disaster. S. A French military kitchen feed inj; the refugees. 4. Though hundreds
of places were destroyed, the 3 gre-at factory ahimneys were left standing. 5. The centre of the explosion. Two enormous gasometers stood oa this spot, but now there is only a huge crater, 300 feet
wide and 40 feet deep, filled with water.
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