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LONDON'S EXPLOSION WAS AT SILVERTOWN; Passengers Here Say 69 Persons Were Killed in Destruction of Munitions Plant.

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January 29, 1917, Page 3 The New York Times Archives

Passengers arriving here yesterday from Liverpool on the American liner St. Louis said that the munitions plant explosion on Jan. 19 which rocked London and killed sixty-nine persons, occurred at Silvertown, Essex, seven miles ... View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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