EXPLOSION OF BENZINE
ACCIDENT IN FACTORY [by tklegrafh —own correspondent] NAPIER, Friday Severe burns to both arms and minor injuries to the face and chest were suffered by Mr. Henry Nelson, a young employee of the Briasco dry-cleaning factory in Nelson Crescent, in an explosion of benzine and subsequent fire at the works this morning. Mr. Nelson was later admitted to the Napier Hospital. Prompt .action by the factory staff and by the Napier Fire Brigade confined the outbreak to th« benzine room, and little damage was done to the building and plant.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22018, 26 January 1935, Page 10
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