BENZINE EXPLOSION.
c THEATRE AUDIENCE ALARMED. WORKSHOP AND CONTENTS DAMAGED. (By Teicsrapb.—l'rcss Association.) CHIUSTCHURCH, Saturday. A benzine explosion occurred in the workshop of Bull and Co., typewriter experts, adjacent to Everybody's Picture Theatre, during the afternoon performance. The concussion shook the building, but no stampede occurred, the orchestra continuing to play. There was but litttle fire, but the explosion did considerable damage to the interior of the workshop and its contents, and windows in near buildings were shattered.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 201, 25 August 1919, Page 9
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