THE MURCHISON TRAGEDY.
PRESS ASSOCIATION. NELSON, July 17. In connection with the Murchison explosion. a Murchison correspondent of the “Evening - Mail” writes under date 1 till ine.l. os follows:—“The Police Inspector noticing Sewell's eccentric behaviour, enticed him outside the room, and with Constable Scott went to arrest him. Sewell evidently guessed their intention, and fnmbled in his waistcoat pocket. This action was immediately followed by a fearful explosion. Sewell’s body, except his legs, being blow to atoms. Inspector Wilson and Bunn lay stunned close by. being seriously injured. Constable Scott end Mr Pittall were 100 yards away. The direction of the explosion just missed others standing by, or all would have been blown to ato ns. The force of the explosion is shown by the fact that a fence three yards away was blown to pieces. The exploshn just missed the hall, of which a corner was broken, but the building has been shifted three inches out of plumb. All the windows in ihe vicinity within sixty feet were smashed to atoms. The explosion was heard six miles away, and the concussion affected crockery two miles away. Great praiee is duo to Inspector Wilson and Constable Scott for getting Sewell from the building. Bunn is not expected to recover.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5643, 18 July 1905, Page 5
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209THE MURCHISON TRAGEDY. New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5643, 18 July 1905, Page 5
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