PETROL DRUM EXPLODES.
YOUTH INJURED. MAY LOSE A LEG. WESTPORT, Jan. 23. Through a petrol drum exploding a youth named William Lowe, of Sergeant’s Hill, received severe injuries to a leg. He was removed to hospital. The petrol drum had had water passing through it for two days. At the time of the accident a brother of the injured boy was sitting on top of the drum. He struck a match and passed it over the bung hole. The resultant explosion blew out the end of the drum, Lowe receiving the full force of the blow. Probably he will lose his leg.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, 23 January 1928, Page 6
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102PETROL DRUM EXPLODES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, 23 January 1928, Page 6
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