FATAL LAMP EXPLOSION.
Unfortunately, lamp, explosions are be-'. coming rather frequent; and worse still, it' io not always property which sutfors. Nob many months einco wo were horrified by the particulars of the South Australian Miniatev of Lands, caused by the bursting of a railway lamp, the burning oil from which ignited his clothing. A later victim is Lord Romilly, who lost hie life at the Egerton Gardens fire. The London "Times," in reporting the matter, says: " Lord Romilly accidentally upsob the lamp, and was rendered insensible by the fumes of tho burning oil." T«ae "Daily Nows," on tho other band, simply points to the accident as illustrating " the danger of using petroleum lamps." The danger, of course, cannot; bo entirely eradicated, but it can be minimised by using Luxeno, the " safe light." Common low test kerosene gives no security. Ueo Luxene, which is freer from smoke and smell, gives a softer, purer light, and burns less quickly.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 238, 7 October 1891, Page 7
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