Carelessness on the part of em: ployees caused a severe explosion in munitions factory In Kunming, the capital city of the Yunnan Province, fon December 22, resulting in six workers being Killed and over ten others seriously injured, according to belated reports received. to-day.
The explosion occurred in the morting, about 10 o'clock, a more serious tragedy only was averted by the fast that there was only a comparatively small quantity of explosives stored in the factory ay that time. It is ported that although the whole premises of the factory were blown up, houses in the neighbourhood were affected—Central News.
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