SHAKEN BY EXPLOSION
AUSTRALIAN MINING TOWN POLICE INVESTIGATIONS SYDNEY, Dec. 30. Part of Captain’s Flat, a mining settlement about 40 miles from Canberra, on the southern tablelands, was wrecked last night by a violent gelignite explosion. Senior police officers were sent from Goulburn and Sydney. The explosion wrecked part of a club in which about 15 persons were playing billiards or looking on. It smashed the walls of adjoining houses and shattered windows 100 yards away. Twenty-three persons escaped with minor shock and there were no serious injuries. Experienced miners estimate that there must have been 51b of gelignite placed under one corner of the club. The police have not yet been able to establish a motive for the outrage.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19460102.2.29
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 26040, 2 January 1946, Page 5
Word Count
120SHAKEN BY EXPLOSION Otago Daily Times, Issue 26040, 2 January 1946, Page 5
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.