GELIGNITE IN CAR
SYDNEY FARMER KILLED
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
SYDNEY, January 17,
In a terrific explosion in a motorcar at Ryde suburb, Jack E. Sabine, aged 40, poultry farmer, was killed instantly. The body was frightfully mutilated and the car reduced to an irreparable tangle.
Detectives believe that gelignite was connected to the battery of Sabine's car and that when he applied his foot to the self-starter the contact caused the explosion. It is considered possible, however, that a fuse may have been used.
An employee on the farm, who was in a nearby building, was hurled to the floor when the explosion shook the whole building. Another employee stated that the rear window of the car sailed through the air, landing on the roof of the house 120 yards away. One mudguard was found later near one of the fowl coops.
Sabine's wife has reported to the police that her husband had been suffering from the effects of malaria.
Sabine was well known as a Turf identity in New Guinea.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 15, 18 January 1936, Page 9
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170GELIGNITE IN CAR Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 15, 18 January 1936, Page 9
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