LIQUID EXPLODES
TWO BOYS INJURED SHOCK SHAKES HOUSE (Per Press Association. —Copyright.) NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. Two-boys, .T. Murray and IT. Ellis, residing in Gover Street, Now Plymouth, wore involved in an explosion of photographic material which might have had serious consequences. Both boys wore knocked down and temporarily blinded as the result of a spark igniting a bottle of liquid. .Murray escaped with a slight cut on the log from Hying glass, but Ellis received several lacerations to the hand, which necessitated the Insertion of a number of stitches. Fortunately the glass did not touch the hoys’ faces, but it was some time before either could see, owing to the blinding flame from the explosion. The force of the explosion m v bo judged from the fact that the whole house was shaken.
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Northern Advocate, 22 March 1934, Page 5
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134LIQUID EXPLODES Northern Advocate, 22 March 1934, Page 5
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