Full title reads: “Gateshead. Peace Hath Her Heroes No Less Renowned Than War. 6 Killed and 17 injured in terrible gas explosion - 67 year old William Devonport shielded his baby grandson with his body till released, and then fell dead!“ Gateshead, Tyne-and-Wear. Pan across devastated house, blown up in a gas explosion. Men are working in the rubble and people are watching the excavations. Various shots of damage to houses. Various shots of men clearing debris. 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 (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to
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