COOK'S FATAL ERROR.
GELIGNITE THROWN ON A FIRE.
(Received April 13, 11 a.m.) BRISBANE, April 13
Without troubling to ascertain the contents of a paper parcel, a cook named Mary McPhie threw the whole Jot on the fire in the kitchen of the hotel at Irvine Bank.
The parcel contained gelignite, and a terrible explosion followed, so badly injuring the' cook that she died from the effects.
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Northern Advocate, 13 April 1911, Page 5
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