Show POWDER > MAGAZI EXPLODES Thirteen lien filled and Fifty Others Wounded Pretoria April 5A serious explosion I explo-sion occurred in n powder magazine near the Begblc works Johannesburg used by the Government a an arsenal last night Tho walls of the building wero destroyed and the structures In tho neighborhood were soon a mass of llames The shrieks of women and children dren In the adjoining streets added to the ghastliness of the scene Thirteen workmen were killed blown to atoms and fifty were Injured Including In-cluding Ilerr Grunberg the manager of the works The most Important of the machinery was saved Tho cause of tho explosion Is un known The works employed 200 persons per-sons mostly French and Italians The Red Cross ambulance did good work in helping the wounded The Pretoria correspondent the Dally Mall Telegraph on Wedncsduy says The Government Inquiry sug gests that the explosion was a planned outrage Tim explosion occurred in a house quite separate from the works and required a much larger quantity of nltroglyccrlne than could have been found on the premises The inc night tory will J be working again in a fort |