Show T Rats Cause Disastrous Explosion A remarkable gas explosion oc occurred occurred occurred recently in London The explosion lion sion took place underneath the footway foot footway footway foot foot- way dislodging some paving stones f and nd throwing up among a quantity off of j f debris two dozen large rats killed by bythe the Che explosion and a number of oth others ers erg ers more or less Injured scampered away in all aU directions An examination examination examina examina- tion disclosed the fact that the network network network net net- work of gas and vater water pipes at the spot ha had formed the nesting place ofa of ofa re- re remains a colony of rats Moreover the remains re re- r t mains of several matches indicated the probability that they had been carried car car- vied ried there by the rodents and becoming becom become ing tag ignited by friction had caused the I explosion of gas which had escaped from the main and accumulated there II t r. r |