PLAYED WITH MATCHES.
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KEEOSE.VE FUMES CAUSE
EXPLOSION.
The danger of children playing with matches was exemplified yesterday afternoon when fatal injuries were receired by Douglas SeOars, aged nine, as the result of the explosion of Mα* kerosene at the home of his relative, at Tuakau. The child, whose parents reside at Mount Wellington Highway, Ellerelie. was playing with matches near a tin of kerosene when the flame came in contact with the fames and eansed an explosion. The boy sustained severe burn* on the face, arms and legs. He was brought into the city and admitted to the Auckland Hospital, where death occurred shortly before midnight.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 211, 7 September 1927, Page 10
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109PLAYED WITH MATCHES. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 211, 7 September 1927, Page 10
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