PETROL EXPLODES.
GIRL'S LIGHTED CANDLE, (Received 11 a.m.) PRAGUE, July 20. A girl carrying a lighted candle entered a, cellar garage at" Hromyevatikriz in which the proprietor was filling a can with petrol. An explosion resulted, shattering the building and killing the girl, the proprietor and four others. Soon after the fire brigade arrived a tank of petrol exploded, hurling nine of the firemen into the air and injuring forty.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 179, 30 July 1932, Page 9
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