13 Girl Victims (1922)

Item title reads: “13 girl victims in terrible factory explosion.“ The Dudley Port factory explosion, Tipton, West Midlands. Various shots of policemen investigating the aftermath of an explosion. Shots of work benches and rubble outside factory. Camera pans around interior. Boxes of cartridges are seen. Notes: the Dudley Port factory was based in Groveland Road. A naked flame from a stove sparked an explosion in the workshop where workers broke up live ammunition left over from WWI. The final death toll rose to 19 and the owner’s husband, a man called Knowles, went to prison for manslaughter. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1