TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
MAN KILLED IN CAR Received Jan. 17, 11. 50 p.m. SYIDNEY, Jan. 17. In a terrific explosion in a motor-car at Ryde suburb, Jack E. Sabine, aged 40 poultry-farmer, was killed instantly. His bodv was frightfully mutilated and the car reduced to an irreparable tangle. Detectives believe that gelignite was connected to the battery of Sabine’s car and when he applied his foot to the self-starter the contact caused the explosion. It is considered possible, however, that a fuse may have been used. An employee on the farm, who was in a nearby building, was hurled to the floor when the explosion shook the whole building. Another employee stated that the rear window of the car sailed through the air, landing on the roof of a house 120 yards away. One mudguard was found later near one of the fowl coops. Sabine's wife reported to the police that her husband had been suffering from the effects of malaria. Sabine was a well-known turf identity in New G u i n ea.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 15, 18 January 1936, Page 9
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