BOY BADLY BURNED
Struck Tin Containing Explosive
By Telegraph—Press Association,
Blenheim, June 16.
Serious burns to the head, shoulders, and chest, involving the eyes, were received by Donald Gill, aged 12, son of Richard Gill, contractor, when a tin thought to contain an explosive went off in his hand.
The parents had just occupied a dwelling and the lad found the tin in a shed and struck it, with the result mentioned. He was taken to the hospital.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 223, 17 June 1936, Page 13
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