A SERIOUS MISTAKE
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
DANNEVTRKE, This Day. While lighting a firo in the kitchen! range this morning, Mr. A. S. Berry, a; pork butcher, by mistake used benzino instead of kerosene. An explosion, followed., Mr. Berry's' clothcß caught fire. With tho lower portion of his clothing alight, ho seized a little child and rushed outside. After discarding his burning clothing he returned to ex>* tinguish tho wallpaper of the room* which was ablaze.
Mr. Berry is now in hospital. He wa* badly, burnt about the legs. - ViJ
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 24, 28 July 1927, Page 10
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89A SERIOUS MISTAKE Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 24, 28 July 1927, Page 10
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