HAND BADLY BURNED
PETROL-SOAKED BANDAGE [UY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] OPOTIKI, Friday Suffering from a severely-burned hand, a young man, Mr. V. A. Milne, employed by Mr. A. E. Rceee, carrier, was admitted to tho Opotiki Hospital. Mr. Milne was engaged in clearing a fuel blockage on a truck, and a bandago he was wearing on one hand became saturated with petrol. Later, when ho struck a match to light a cigarette, tho bandage caught fire, and liis hand was badly burned*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22789, 24 July 1937, Page 14
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81HAND BADLY BURNED New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22789, 24 July 1937, Page 14
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