GAS MAIN BLAZE.
Sydney Sensation. WORKERS INJURED. (Received February 11 at 8.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, February IlFive men were injured while work ing on a gas main at Rose Bay, through a spark struck from a pick igniting the gas. The gang were pulling up a roadway which had been undermined by storm water. The two men most seriously injured, William Jones and Herbert Holmes, were Gas Company employees. They were endeavouring to trace a leak from the main under the road. Suddenly the party were enveloped in flames. All were staggered, and were more or less burned. The flames continued for a couple of hours till the Fire Brigade cuppressed them, their task being a difficult one, as explosions occurred frequently underground, and ohoking fumes were emitted, which made an approach to the fire dangerous.
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Grey River Argus, 12 February 1929, Page 5
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