Tokyo, May 10.
The latest casualty list on the explosion and fires which occurred yesterday morning at Shimura, a suburb of Tokyo, showed 19 killed, of which nine succumbed of injuries in hospital, and 258 injured, some -90 seriously.
'A motor lorry loaded with celluloid articles caught fire in the compound of a celluloid factory and the flames immediately spread to a near by chemical factory, causing a terrific explosion.
The blaze then spread to the celluloid works and to two other plants close by.—Reuter.
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