上海大中染料厂于四月二十一日午后发生剧烈爆炸,主要厂房全毁,工人死十人,伤五人,厂外路人亦有受伤者;当时附近的人所闻见的轰然一声后,黄烟冲天而已。查爆炸起点是第二号硝化锅,锅身高约六尺,对径四尺余,该厂原有“磺化”Sulphonation 及“硝化”nitration 锅六只,一字排列,南面第一只被炸力弹出,冲破围墙,落于空地,仅存一个铁饼。发生爆炸的二号锅,毫无遗跡可寻,第三四五各锅均已破碎,六号锅离开原有基础甚远,足见炸力之强大。 Shanghai Dazhong Dyeing Factory exploded violently on the afternoon of April 21 with the main factory building destroyed. Ten workers were killed and five injured. Roadside passers-by were injured as well. At a time when people nearby heard a loud crash Yellow smoke sky it. Check the explosion starting point is the second nitrifying pot, pot about six feet tall, four feet in diameter on the ground, the plant’s original “sulfonated” Sulphonation and “nitrification” nitration pot six, lined up, south of the first was blown Force pops up, break through the fence, fall into the open space, there is only one discus. No. 2 pot exploded, there is no trace to be found, the third four five all the pots have been broken, the sixth pot left the original foundation far, reflecting the strong fried.