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Show LYDDITE EXPLODES IN WOOLWICH ARSENAL; 20 KILLED AND 13 INJURED LONDOUV June 18. Fourteen men are knows to havs been killed by an explosion in the lyddite factory at the Woolwich arsenal this morning. . Several of ths -victims were literally blown to pieces. The building was completely wrecked. The roof was. blown off and then collapsed. The explosion is attributed to the bursting of a shell. ' There were many pathetic scenes about the gate of the great arsenal, where thou-- thou-- sands of relatives besieged the officials for information. , - Six additional men are missing, and it is believed they were blown to pieces. ! |