The Stone-rolling Prank.
I By Tei.iqki.fh. LUNITBD PBISB ASSOCIATION.] CHBIBTCHDECH, 30th April. At LytteUon to-day, before Mr. Richmond Beetbam, R.M., Edwin Orgrin, Frederick Charles Page, and George Menziea, seamen, were committed for trial on a charge of rolling down a hill a Htone which caused an explosion at the Lyttelton gasworks. The accused said tho stone was dislodged by Page sitting down against it with a jerk. Several witnesses stated that considerable force must hare been, used to dislodge the stone, whioh weighed over 9cwt, from the place whence it had been removed. On examining the hill it was found that other stones had been dislodged and rolled down in various places.
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Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 101, 1 May 1890, Page 2
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112The Stone-rolling Prank. Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 101, 1 May 1890, Page 2
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