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MANUFACTURE OF HOME-MADE FIREWORKS ' girl fatally injured Rec. 9 p.m. SYDNEY, May 23. When home-made fireworks exploded while ingredients were being mixed in mortar, a girl aged * 7 , r f; ceived injuries from which -she bled to death in an hour. She and her brother aged 21 were mixine chemicals on-in-structions from a magazine to maxe fireworks for Empire Day celebrations on Monday. The mixture exploded and a large piece of mortar severed an artery in the girl’s thigh. Her brother carried her into the house, but all attempts to stem the blood flow were unsuccessful.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26779, 24 May 1948, Page 5
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