PLUG OF EXPLOSIVE.
FOUND IN GASWORKS.
IN LOAD OF COAL.
DISASTER AVERTED.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, this day.
The timely discovery by an employee of the Sumner gasworKs of a plug of explosive in a load of coal probably prevented a disaster. When found, the plug was still in the paper wrapping supplied at the factory, and though it is five inches long it was not noticed at the coal yards.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 172, 23 July 1929, Page 8
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