EXPLOSION OF BENZINE
AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE. [BY . TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION,] Dunedin, Tuesday. An explosion of benzine occurred at two o'clock this morning in the storeroom of the B.s. Moana. Three men, who were in the room at the time, dashed out covered with flame*. They were the ship's storekeeper and two young engineer? working on the ship. ■ The former and one of the latter were removed to the Dunedin Hoepital, being burned' about the hands and face, though it it believed not dangerously. The third man was burned about the legs, but his injuries arc not severe. ' j
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13844, 2 September 1908, Page 7
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