GAS ESCAPES
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION PASSERS-BY INJURED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright ;\ ' SYDNEY, February 28. Escaping gas is believed to have "been the 'cause of a terrific explosion which ■ severely damaged a residential buifding at the corner of Market and Kent 1 streets, near’ the centre of the city, to-night. Seven men arid three women,; mostly passers-by,’ were injured. A man who was riding past oh, a bicycle was hurled across a street, injuring his head. Windows as far as 200yds away were broken by the force of the explosion, which was followed •by tire, the latter-being controlled before it caused a great deal of additional damage. The proprietor of the building was among those injured.
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Evening Star, Issue 22276, 29 February 1936, Page 15
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114GAS ESCAPES Evening Star, Issue 22276, 29 February 1936, Page 15
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