CLOTHES CATCH FIRE
EFFECT OF! SODIUM CHLOR ATE. FARMHAND BADLY BURNED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Nov. 5. Severe burns were received by Mr. Erie Allison, -who is employed on the farm of Air P. Frampton, Piako, as a result of his clothes igniting after he had been using sodium chlorate to spray ragwort. Air. Allisoni had just reached his room when his clothes ignited 1 . Before he could divest himself of his garments he had received serious burns on his legs, which necessitated his removal to a private 'hospital at Atorrinsville. He is making satisfactory progress.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 6 November 1933, Page 7
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96CLOTHES CATCH FIRE Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 6 November 1933, Page 7
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