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DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.

.-■":■ ''•-: - > :* — = — - (By' Electkic ' Teeegbaph — Copyright:) . (Teb Pbess Association.) SYDNEY, Jahuary-30. Tbo boiler of -Haves' (lourmill, in thecentre of the town of Albury, exploded. The bulk of the boiler was thrown fifty yards away, aiiece weighing over -a ton bejnti lifted a hundred feet high, and thrown two hundred ya ds away. A boardiughausc in the vicinity was wrecked and'a'boy 'named New 'killed instantaneously. Three women, three' children, a-:d a nian were badlyi injured. A number of the premises in >the • vicinity were badly damage^; fhe loss beipg estimated at about

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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 1 February 1899, Page 3

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DISASTROUS EXPLOSION. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 1 February 1899, Page 3

DISASTROUS EXPLOSION. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 1 February 1899, Page 3