VIOLENT EXPLOSION.
BOY SEVERELY BURNED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) BLENHEIM, Tuesday. Serious burns to the head, shoulders and chest and involving the eyes were received by Donald Gill, aged 12, son of ill". Richard Gill, contractor, when a tin, thought lo contain an explosive, went ofl in his hand. His parents had just occupied the dwelling and the lad I found the tin in a shed. He struck it and the explosion resulted. He was immediately taken to hospital.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 142, 17 June 1936, Page 19
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78VIOLENT EXPLOSION. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 142, 17 June 1936, Page 19
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