GELIGNITE EXPLOSION.
_ ;■;-.,.-: /' HOUSE REDUCED TO ,;.PR;AGME.NT,S. Writing with regard *'to ! ' R,, telegraphic I'nossage which appeared,', yesterday, pur Cartortob p'orresppiidcht ,statesi:—Aii plosion of gfiligiiitp. at Waihakeke on. Tuesday morniiig resulted iii; .a: dwe'Uiiig o'epupied by Mr. Albert .UdybPihg.' totally destroyed. It appears':.that,.there were; between twenty and.. thirty' ppiinds.. pf gelignite stared in tti^-V'.--s% , elliiiijsri,.' "■\* - ii»pl , >- ' was intended for biastiiii Hip' paddocks! and. 'through '■So.mp'o'meanS this exploded... The. lioii.se was;.reduced., to fragments, pieces sent' iny all direptioiis with tcrrifiq" force,, not "a ' piece of thp house or stick... of remaining on the site. '"■ The origin -of the explosipn is at present...4; mystery. TheliQUso was owned, by-Mr.s. tidy, sen., and, Mrs, 'Albert Udy' nnd her pnildre.ll . .were .visiting her at' 'the time;'" The : shock of the explosion was distinctly felt five miles distant.. . .
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1591, 7 November 1912, Page 4
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130GELIGNITE EXPLOSION. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1591, 7 November 1912, Page 4
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