THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 29, 1939.
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EXPLOSION
IN BRITISH MUNITIONS FACTORY
London, To-day.
The Ministry of Supply an- nounces that an explosion oc- curred in an explosives fac- tory in the North of England yesterday afternoon.
As far as is known so far, 15 were killed and four injured.-Reuter.
London, To-day.
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As far as can be ascertained, fifteen were killed in the explosion at northern explosive factory, according to the Ministry of Information.
It is added that the material dam- age will not interfere with produc- tion.
WARNING SIRENS In the factory, the main explosion was followed by two others and the factory warning sirens sounded.
The sounding districts took this as an air raid warning, the civilian po- pulation taking cover until the clear signal was given shortly after- wards-Reuter.
1,000,000 NAZIS ON SAAR FRONT London, To-day.
all
A neutral journalist des-
GERMAN
LOSSES IN POLAND
London, To-day.
German newspapere In the Ruhr district are reported to have published two full pages of names of those from the Ruhr killed in action in Poland.
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One small village had 23 dead." -Reuter.
SOVIET STATEMENT
Moscow, To-day.` Soviet warships of the Dnieper Flo- tilla have penetrated 125 miles into Poland, heading northward through the canal system towards Brest-Li- tovsk, according to the Soviet press.
It is reported that the Poles sank most of their river warships, but hastily abandoned some in good con- dition.
These have been commandeered by the Russians and a number of sunken vessels have been raised and are be- ing towed to Soviet dry-docks for re- pair!-Reuter.
MORE U-BOAT CREWS AS
cribes how he was taken PRISONERS
through the Siegfried Line
by the German authorities.
The correspondent says that the
London, To-day.
Further U-boat crews ar-
-towns of Saarbruecken and. Zwei-rived in England as prison-
brucken have been completely evacy- rated by the civilian population.
The French outposts were now only three-quarters of a mile from
Saarbruecken,
The town of Kaiserslautern (in the 'Palatinate, 30 miles behind the lines) had also been evacuated and the fac- tories closed down.
MILLION MEN
that
The correspondent estimates there are now 1,000,000 German troops on the western front, of whom half are facing the Belgian and “Luxem- bourg frontiers.-Reuter.
R.A.F. PLANE GETS HOME
London, To-day.
Was
The British flying boat which forced down in Icelandic waters, ow- ing to engine trouble whilst on patrol between the Faroe Islands and Ice- land, and which was at first reported, to have been interned, has returned to England.-Reuter.
DAILY
AT
2:30
520
720
920
ers of war yesterday.
in
They were taken to a concentra- tion camp in an industrial area the North of England.
Most of the men wore civilian clothes but some still had. their naval
trousers.
They carried their few personal be- longings in cardboard boxes.-Reuter.
L. W. C. LORDEN DEAD
MONDAY
London, To-day, The death is announced of L.-W. C. Lorden, former chief architect to the Chinese Posts and Customs-Reuter.
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