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AN EXPLOSION OF CORDITE.
THREE KILLED AT NAVAL FACTORY.
WOMEN INJURED
London, Sept. 11. Three workmen were killed in a cordite explosion, followed by a fire, at the Royal Naval Cordite Factory at Holton Heath, near Wareham, Dorset, yesterday,
Shortly after 8 a.m. workers in other parts of the factory heard a terrific report and saw buge tongues of flame shoot 100 ft. in the air, accompanied by dense smoke.
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THE VOGUE OF THE TERRIER.
DOGS WHICH THE PUBLIC ·
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THREE POUND POMERANIAN:
London, Sept. 11. Some fluctuations in the tastes of the public will be shown at the forthcoming dog show. For the sake of convenience, residents in towna are falling back upon ter- riers or one of the so-called toy breeds, of which the Pekinese is still the favourite, followed by the Pomeranian. Should the TROVO- ment for breeding Pomeranians, of a more useful size succeed,' there should be un increased de- mand for these vivacious and in- telligent pets. Recently the ten-. The factory fire brigade, how-dency among exhibitors has been ever, soon mastered the flames. until some of them do not weigh to get them smaller and smaller, Near the acetone recovery stove,
more thus 3lb. Excessive dwarf- the men had been working alone,
ing, however, meana degeneracy they found the bodies, which ap- parently were blown some distance, and delicacy, and women will not The men had been killed outright. Pay excessive prices for dogs of doubtful constitutional vigour sim- The explosion, it was found, had ply because they are midgets. occurred in the stove.
The scene of the explosion was in the danger zone, which gave rise to the fear that an oven greater disaster might follow.
Several girls working near by were scorched by the flames, and
were treated by nurses at the
factory.
The men killed were:
The man who respects dogs would prefer that women of certain type should confine their attention to lapdogs, rather than debase terriers to the same ignoble
Walter Barnes, plumber's mate, vel. Fortunately, the majority contemporary girls. being maried, Fleet View, Fernside-athletic and healthy minded, know
road, Poole.
Ernest Henry Lovell, cordite worker, 70. West Borough, Wim- borne.
Victor Coward, plumber, single, Lytchett Minster, Dorset.
The building in which the ex- plosion occurred was about 100 ft. long by 30 ft. wide, constructed of timber and brick. It was demolish- ed, fragments being hurled a great distance. It is very remark- able that more people were not kill- ed,
Felt a Mile Away.
of
how to treat a terrier, but some are to be seen with fox-terriers and Cairns so cringing and timid that they flee screaming at the approach of a real dog.
Popular Airedale,
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There is no doubt that the fox- terriers wire-haired or smooth-- greatly outnumber any other. the kind, but anyone who fre- quents the London parks or subur-| ban commons cannot fail to "be impressed with the prevalence of Airedales, which seem to be rivall- to be An employee at the factory tokiing Alsatians. They are a Press representative that al- met with everywhere, singly or in though he was about a mile from couples, the reason being, no the building when the explosion doubt, that they are sensible and bold as lions, and occurred he heard "a rumbling teachable, roar and felt the ground" vibrate formidable guardians of house or Women in neighbouring houses Farden. The worst that can be were unnerved and
said against them is that they hurriedly
nonsense from brought their children in from the will stand no
other dogs, but, provided they are properly trained when young, this proclivity can be subdued.
streets.
"By the time I arrived on the scene, he went on, the three dead men had been removed. We have Perhaps it is unfair to compare a very finely organised body of men the two, cach having its peculiar here, who are trained in fire fight-worth. When an Algatan does ing and such emergencies, and they were busily engaged in putting out the fire which hud broken but in the stove.
"Coward was a plumber and at the time of the explosion Barnes was acting as his mate."
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Three men--T. Prince, of Stoborough, S. Brown, and W. Davis, both of Upper Parkstone who were working at the far end of the building destroyed, had amaz- ing escapes. When the explosion accurred they had their backs to- wards the acetone stove, and were blown clean out of the building. Al though badly shaken they
were uninjured.
No information could be obtain- ed last night regarding the cause of the accident. Acelone is very arrely used in the manufacture of .cordite.
Helton Heath factory, built dur- ing the war, covers a large area bordering the upper reaches of Poole. Harbour. It is about seven miles from Poole and four miles from Warcham. The buildings in which explosives are handled are constructed in such a way as to prevent an accident in one spread- ing to another. They are some distance apart, and are protected by mounds of earth on every side. The accident is the worst which has happened at Holton Heath since the establishment of the factory during the war in 1915. One man was killed in an explosion in the following year. There are 1,200 hands employed at the works, in- cluding a number of women.
A PASTOR-PEDLAR.
MINISTER SELLS SOCKS AND SILK STOCKINGS.
To prove his own statement that an honest living could be made out of peddling, the Rev. Waiter Foxen, minister at Holdenhurst Road Wesleyan Church, Bournemouth, himself took out a pedlar's licence. As part of his "holiday" he went from door to door in the Midlands selling socks and silk stockings.
One person who purchased part of his wares was the wife of another minister.
I found it was no use trying to sell anything at the door to a man, or to a young wife whose husband
not suffer from nerves he is a most lovable dog, and every your more people are going in for them. The two breeds are 24 different that they cannot, trench upon one another's preserves An Airedale is accommodating. adapting himself to any circum- stances. The other becomes so attached to master or mistress that he is miserable in their, ab- sence, sometimes even refusing his food from other hands. These traits are lovable, but they make exacting demands. It may be that this exclusiveness has given rise to the misconception that as a breed they are untrust- worthy. They are no more than any other.
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The "Aberdeen." Those who consider fox-terriers to be too excitable and Airedales ton big, and yet want a terrier, are falling back upon an old and trusty friend, the Scottish terrier, miscalled Aberdeen." Aberdeen has no more claim upon them than other parts of Scotland. Quiet, almost dour in their man- ner, they have an individuality of charneter that makes them in- teresting. Not so long ago they were in danger of being sub- merged by Cairns, West Highland white terriers, and Sealyhams, but latterly their intrinsic merita have brought them back awain, among amateurs and on the show bench, and they have been smar- tened up in appearance as well.
Cocker spaniels, too, are ap- pearing in the London parks in some strength; though, with their long coats and short legs, they are less suitable for town house
in the bad weather. In disposi tion they have not changed since Chaucer and Shakespeare wrole of their universal friendliness.
spectably, went to a decent neigh- bourhood and introduced his wares by stressing the economy of buy- ing direct from a pedler, who him- self bought direct from the manu- facturer.
Within an hour he had sold the bulk of his stock and had made a profit of £1.
This convinced him that he could make a living of £5 to £6 a week by peddling.
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was well enough off to afford 4 When he dressed in old clothes maid and a small car, said the Rev. Mr. Foxon. The wife probably he was less successful, but a vicar thought it was bad form to be seen bought a pair of socks from him. at the door talking to a pedlar: the best people to sell hosiery to are women between 43 and 63.
If they don't buy silk stockings for themselves, the probably buy them for their daughters, and rocks for their husbands.
At Coventry on a Monday he found the women at the wash-tubs too busy to buy from him.
At Lichfield a fellow-pedlar por- suaded him to try selling lavender.: and told him how at, Crewe he had made £4 and £5 a week in this way. Mr. Foxon intended to make his Mr. Foxon made up lavender peddling pay, so he dressed re 1 packets, which sold well.
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