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British Oxygen Company Jarrow Explosion

Posted by peter cook on 27/11/2025, 6:49 am

An old photograph showing the aftermath of an explosion at the British Oxygen Company's Works at Jarrow which were totally destroyed on the 19th February 1938. Amazingly only one person was injured.