FATAL EXPLOSION.
— •■,'■■■ CLONCURRY SPIRITS AND A LIGHTED . I MATCH. :Illy ToUgraph.—Prois Association.—Ooorrl^bt-l (Reo. December 23, 11.10 p.m.) Brisbane, December 23. Further details are'to hand' of the tragedy near Cloncurry, whore three men, named M'Cormack, Bontley, 'and : Cullon, 1 succumbed to injuriea austained thjrougli an explosion of a cask of spirits. Five men were running off spirits in an hotel when one struck a match. A terrific explosion followed. Two of tho five wero unhurt. -Cullon, ono of the victims, rushed down tho street, with hls clothes blazing. The .othir two. wero found dead in the room, with their clothes, burned off, and with shocking injuries.'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 698, 24 December 1909, Page 5
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