TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
OPERATING THEATRE BLOWN UP FLOOR LIFTED SIX INCHES Recd. 9.40 a.m. HOBART, Today. A violent explosion occurred in the operating theatre at the Spencer Hospital, Wynyard, while the room was being sterilised. A patent steriliser was switched on, and a few minutes later a terrific explosion occurred. A male cleaner in the room was thrown to the floor. The reinforced concrete floor was lifted bodily six inches. The solid brick walls were cracked and the medical instruments shattered. It is surmised that a leakage in the steriliser caused the explosion.
NEW ZEALAND STUDENTS TWO FELLOWSHIPS GIVEN IN NEW YORK RHODES SCHOLAR FOR U.S. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Recd. 9.40 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. A Fellowship for two years at American universities under the Commonwealth Fund, New York, has been awardeo Mr. M. Barak (Canterbury College and Oxford), New Zealand Rhodes Scholar for 1926. He will study physical chemistry at Princeton. The law fellowship open to Government servants has been awarded to Mr. R. M. Campbell, of Victoria College, Wellington.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 663, 15 May 1929, Page 9
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171TERRIFIC EXPLOSION Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 663, 15 May 1929, Page 9
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