The terrible explosion at Sydney, of which to-day we give some further particulars, is likely to lead to some change in dealing with the dangerous substances used for torpedoes. In the present instance they were handled by volunteers, and at what was in reality a public exhibition. . Probably it will be found necessary to confine the working of torpedoes and of mine explosives
to professional men, and that volunteers should not be trusted with this dangerous duty. It may be necessary to have submarine and other explosions in order to test material and apparatus, but such operations should never be conducted as a show. In such cases there may be some hurry or excitement. Too much precaution cannot be taken when the mere touch of a wire, charged with the invisible electric fluid, may cause a fatal explosion.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8533, 6 April 1891, Page 4
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