A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
(PER press association). Lyttelton, April 20. Three seamen, belonging to the barque Ivanhoe, went on the hill over Lyttelton this afternoon, and by some means set a .large stone rolling. It came through the' garden of Mr James NTalder, solicitor, who resides on the Sumner road, where, however, no damage was done. Continuing its course over the road, the stone struck the gasometer, in which was stored 12,500 ft of gas to,light the town for the night, with such force that it burst the gasometer. The gas rushed out, and was immediately lighted by a_ blaze from the furnace, so that an explosion followed, the flames rising over 100 ft in the air. Fortunately no one was hurt, as the man on duty was outside the works at the time. The sailors who sent the stone down have been arrested.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 8969, 21 April 1890, Page 5
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