DANCER'S TRAGIC DEATH.
EXPLOSION OF BENZINE.
USED TO CLEAN GLOVES.
SHOCKING BURNS RECEIVED.
By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received December '2B, 9.08 p.m.) A. and N.Z. BERLIN, Dec. 28. An accident to a califcnt caused the death of, Fraulein Lucie Kieselhausen, a famous Vienneso dander. While the water was being heated for a bath the dancer decided to clean a pair of gloves. She was pouring out the benzine, when a violent explosion occurred. She was immediately wrapped in a sheet of flames, while the califont poured out steam and boiling water. The dancer's screams brought her mother, but the force of the explosion jammed the door and it was some time before an entrance could be made. She was terribly injured and died later in hospital.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19831, 29 December 1927, Page 9
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