TEN PEOPLE INJURED
Severe Sydney Explosion BUILDING BADLY DAMAGED Received February 29, 12.30 a.m.) ■ Sydney, February 28. Escaping gas is believed to have been the cause of a terrific explosion which severely damaged a residential building at the.corner of Market and Kent Streets near the centre of the city tonight. ;■ Seven men and three women, mostly, passers-by, were injured. A. man riding past on a bicycle was < hurled 1 across the street, injuring his head, . Windows as far as 200 yards away-were broken by the force of the explosion, which was followed by a tire, the latter being controlled it caused a. great deal of additional damage. The proprietor of the building was. among those injured.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 133, 29 February 1936, Page 14
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