EXPLOSION ON A MOTOR* LAUNCH.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF THREE MEN. C*t TBLEORAfS— SMCIAt 10 IHX FOSS.] PICTON, This Day. A sensational explosion of a motor launch was reported this morning. J. Perano s launch Crescent, used for whaling purposes, was put on the beach yesterday in readiness for cleaning. Three men slept aboard— Baxter, Hebberley, and Gillice. At 1 o'clock this morning the men got up to commence work, and one was in the act of -lighting a lantern when an explosion of benzine, dynamite, and powder occurred. There were about thirty plugs of dynamite stored for whaling-gun ammunition and a quantity of powder. The men were hurled half a chain away. Baxter received the greatest injury, being burnt about the face and body. Tho launch, including a patent gun and whaling facilities, was strewed 4 into atoms two" hundred yards along the beach. • , It was miraculous that no lives were lost. There was no insurance on the boat. It is estimated the loss is over £800. Mil .1 ,11 U 11^ | I I .
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 46, 23 August 1911, Page 8
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174EXPLOSION ON A MOTOR* LAUNCH. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 46, 23 August 1911, Page 8
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