SPIRITS EXPLODE
GROCER FATALLY BURNED By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, January 9. The death occurred in Auckland Hospital of Charles Arlando Roscoe, aged 47, married, who suffered severe burns to the face, legs and arms when a drum of methylated spirits exploded i i his grocery shop at Waiuku on Friday. Roscoe had filleo a spirits lamp from the drum which exploded as he was attempting to light the lamp.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 20931, 10 January 1938, Page 12
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69SPIRITS EXPLODE Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 20931, 10 January 1938, Page 12
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