Explosion Kills Twenty-Seven

Issue No.

55/100

Date Released

15 Dec 1955

Length of issue (in feet)

650

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Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

A gas explosion wrecks a German five-story house while families sleep - and 27 people lose their lives.

Keywords

Accidents and disasters

Locations

Germany; Frankfurt am Main

Footage sources

Neue Deutsche Wochenschau

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