EXPLOSION IN SCIENCE CLASS
SECOND OPERATION ON PAniATUA BOY. (Per Press Association.) PAHIATAIT, Last Night. It was found necessary to-day to perform another operation on the lad Leslie Wilfred Murphy who was seriously injured recently in the abdomen as the result of an explosion at the District High School because his condition was not improving as satisfactorily as desired. At the first operation a piece of jagged glass was removed. Tho explosion occurred at the science room when a number of secondary pupils, including Murphy, were present. Tho lesson at tho time was dealing with sodium for the purpose of collecting hydrogen, and there was a fearful explosion smashing a large jar to fragments.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6536, 17 February 1928, Page 7
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114EXPLOSION IN SCIENCE CLASS Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6536, 17 February 1928, Page 7
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