GUY FAWKES’ DAY ACCIDENT
SHOP’S STOCK “GOES OFF” Dominion Special Service. Masterton, November 5. The memory of Guy Fawkes was celebrated prematurely this afternoon at tlie book shop in Queen Street of A. J. Daysh when his whole stock of gunpowder goods went off on tlie counter. A demonstration was being given of a certain firework and sparks from it ignited the remainder. For a few minutes there was bedlam. Catherine wheels and Roman candles vied witli other pyrotechnic devices in a shower of sparks and confusion of reports, attracting an eager audience of young fry at tlie doors. Other goods in tlie shop caught lire, and it was necessary to call for tlie assistance of the lire brigade, who played water on tiie seat of tlie trouble and quickly suppressed the outbreak. The damage is estimated at about
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 36, 6 November 1928, Page 10
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