THIRD VICTIM
BUNBURY EXPLOSION GELIGNITE IN STOVE. . TERRIBLE MISADVENTURE. (Received 9 a.m.) PERTH, This Day. The women killed in the explosion at their home near Bunbury were Mesdames Holt and Atkins. Mrs. Holt, Sen., who was the mother of the husband of one of the women killed, has succumbed to her injuries, bring the death role to three. It appears that a number of gelignite caps were placed in an old stove for safe-keeping, and Mrs. Holt, .Tun., being unaware of this, lighted a fire in the stove, causing the explosion.— A. and N.Z. A cablegram from Perth yesterday stated: "Two women, whose' names are unknown, were killed by a mysterious explosion near Bunbury, a house being destroyed supposedly by a gelignite charge. The police are investigating.”
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Northern Advocate, 19 June 1926, Page 5
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127THIRD VICTIM Northern Advocate, 19 June 1926, Page 5
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