| Show BLOWN UP BY POWDER FORTY PEOPLE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN KILLED cornier Maga magadine nt at la goubrail Gon Gou brau brAll francs france containing ot of black powder explodes with terrible results toulon march 7 the naval maga zinc of la corbran Oo Co between la seyne beyne and toulon in the department of 0 w war ar southern franco france exploded sunday morning all 0 of the soldiers ol diers on duty at the magazine were killed and a number ot of inhabitants ot of tho the district the buildings of which were razed also fell victims forty corpses have already been recovered the cause of the explosion is not known fifty thousand kilo grammes of black powder exploded it looks as though a volcanic eruption had bad occurred the country being swept almost hare bare within a radius of two miles houses destroyed trees overturned and aad fields devastated null and covered with stones and impalpable black binck dust some of the stones are arc enormous one weighing fifty kilo grammes fell fellin in the suburb of rone pone de dc las sins signs SI ns of the explosion are evident in all iche the suburbs of toulon and in the city itself even at bt jean de var five miles distant windows were shattered and doors battered in later reports show that of the seven sentries tour four were 1 killed outright and the others severely injured it is now believed that tho the explosion originated in chemical decomposition in smokeless powder there is no suggestion of foul play |
