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Show POWDER PLANT BLOWN UP. One Thousand Victims When Belgian Factory is Destroyed. Havre. The authorities announced that the victims of the Belgium powder pow-der factory explosion at Graville, St. Honori, on Saturday will number about 1,000. It is stated that the number of killed is not large, but it is feared many will die of their injuries. in-juries. It was impossible to approach the wreckage for four hours after the first explosion. At the time of the blast 1,500 Belgians were at work in the factory. fac-tory. An investigation of the cause of the explosion has been started. There are rumors that it was spies' work. Almost every window in Havre was smashed by the blast. |