A GAS EXPLOSION
[Press Association] . . - ' April 28. R. Purchase, of the Pjebtyeton hotel and his son; a^ad'aboutten yea^rs ofagej* was seriously .'injured through an explbdon of acetylene gas. He had been engaged washing out 'the pan/^fTe/ the eldor pjouj-ed v^ater into i^ a»5 h,eld a lighted match over to ccc if nthat yras sufficient. - An explosion f flowed and severely turned the faces of fatter vM son. It is ; noi expeofcii.ih^^ilj ip^ their sight. ' The explosion^ ya» heaKCa' mile] aWay. -"•-■' ■■•' ' " . (See Fourth £{^6.}- >-\ , .
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West Coast Times, Issue 11278, 28 April 1899, Page 2
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83A GAS EXPLOSION West Coast Times, Issue 11278, 28 April 1899, Page 2
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