ETHER EXPLODES
NURSE BURNED TO DEATH SEVEN OTHERS Hs/jURED BERLIN, March 7. While nurses were filling bottles of ether in the kitchen of a hospital, a spark from an electric iron exploded the ether. Eight nurses were instantly enveloped in flames. One nurse, who wa’s holding a bottle, was burnt to deatja. Two, with their clothing ablaze, rushed into the street and rolled in the snow. Seven were seriously burned.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19787, 10 March 1927, Page 11
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