EXPLOSION OF BENZINE.
LITTLE BOY BURNED. PLAYING WITH OLD CAR. [BY TELEGItATH. —OWN COR RESPONDENT. ] TAURAXGA, Thursday. A painful accident befel a five-year-old boy, Desmond Snowdeti, when he was playing on a vacant section next to his father's business premises. An old burned motor-car had been lying on the section for six or eight weeks. There was some benzine in the tank of the car and the boy removed the cap and struck a match. A terrific explosion occurred and flames leaped high in the air. The child was burned about the face and head and %as removed to hospital for treatment.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21117, 26 February 1932, Page 8
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102EXPLOSION OF BENZINE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21117, 26 February 1932, Page 8
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