BELFAST EXPLOSION.
DUE TO LAND JUNE. Received July 29. 1.0 p.m, LONDON, July 28. A sensation wa6 caused in London on the receipt of the news just before midnight that the explosion that occurred in Academy Street, Belfast, while the King was ‘ in the City Hall 300 yards away was due to a land mine and hot, as cabled earlier, to a gas leak. The original statement was official, but the police, at a late hour after continual questioning, admitted that it was caused by explosives In tlie mean time the correct story was widely circulated on the Continent and later conItalian newspapers expressed sympathy with Their Majesties and the British people.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 204, 29 July 1937, Page 10
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112BELFAST EXPLOSION. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 204, 29 July 1937, Page 10
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