EXPLOSION OF VITRIOL.
LABORERS SUFFER EXCRUCIATING PAIN.
ONE JUMPS INTO THE HARBOR. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. (Received May 18, 1 p.m.') SYDNEY,- May 1.8. An iron drum containing lOcwt. of ■sulphuric acid exploded on the wharf at New castle, splashing its contents over live men Avorking in the vicinity. "Grainger, a laborer, received the full force of the acid on his face and body; Smith, a laborer, was also frightfully burne:!. The others were solnshecl on the arms and face. The injured men screamed and writhed with the excruciating pain. Smith plunged into the liarl>oi\ Wherever the acid touched any of tV< men's clothing it fell to pieces. The injured wei-e convened to the hospital. Brrithvnite -^d Smith are in a ■•critioii.l condition. The others are not seriously injured.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 18 May 1912, Page 7
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128EXPLOSION OF VITRIOL. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 18 May 1912, Page 7
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