AN EXPLOSION.
MELBOURNE HOSPITAL.
THIRTY WINDOWS SHATTERED.
WOMAN ATTENDANT BADLY CUT
(United Press Association— Copyright. 1 ) (Received Thi9 Day, 9.45 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Thirty windows of the Melbourne Hospital were smashed and a woman attendant badly cut by flying. glass when an explosion occurred in an underground electric cable tunnel The manhole cap was blown lbO ieot in the air. . . The roar of the explosion was heard all over the city. Elames burst from the tunnel, and the steel coyer of the manhole descended on the electric light wires, bringing them, to tne &1 Spontaneous combustion is believed to be responsible for the explosion. Australian Press Association.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 49, Issue 201, 11 June 1929, Page 5
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