MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR
EXPLOSION IN HOUSE. TWO WOMEN KILLED. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Perth, June 18. Two women, whose names are unknown, were killed by a mysterious explosion in a house near Bunbury. The house was destroyed, supposedly by a gelignite charge. 1116 police are investigating.—A. & N.Z. CAUSE OF EXPLOSION GELIGNITE STOWED IN OLD STOVE A FURTHER VICTIM (Recd. '11.15 pjn.) Perth, June 18. The women killed in the explosion near Bunbury were Mrs Holt and Mrs Atkins. Mrs Holt, senior, who is the mother of the husband of one of the women killed, succumbed to injuries, bringing the death roll to three. It appears a number of gelignite caps were placed in an old stove for safe keeping and Mrs Holt, junior, unaware of this, lighted a fire in the stove, causing the explosion.—A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 19900, 19 June 1926, Page 7
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