40 Casualties Occur When Gasoline Explodes More than 40 persons were sériously burned yester morni when an explosion suddenly occu red aboard the s. Ching Yung E steamer belonging to the Fish Market in Yan,, it ported last nig! occurred outside Woo: boat was coming here fron at Island carry' sengers.
It was stated that among the goods carried by the ill-fated, gasoline Just how the explosion was caused by the ignition of t inflamma liquid was not mentioned but it wi ass reigned when the boa ne following the explosion.
The boat was said to have been so badly damaged that it had to be abandoned at the place where the victims were later transported by tragedy occured. Some of the boats to the East Shanghai Hospital in Yangtszepoo for medical assistance.
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