Show J Thousand Jars Explode London May 7At the cordite works f near Waltham Abbey this afternoon thousands o jars of nitrate and sulphuric 1 sul-phuric acid exploded Four persons were killed and thirty injured j Later Intelligence shows that the explosion plosion occurred at the Cordite works in the sheds where the men were at work washing nitro glycerine The building was situated in an extensive field about half a mile from the about mie government ment gunpowder factory The gunpoder factor explosion set fire to a shed thirty yards distant in which more nitro glycerine w j stored and caused a second explosion Most of the persons Injured were struck by falling glass and debris Their injuries juries in most cases are slight Portions j of the bodies of the four men killed were found at a great distance from the spot where the shed was located Mr Bennie the chemist in charge of the J shed is among the killed |