HOMEBUSH EXPLOSION.
DEATH OF RILEY
Press Association • E',. '. Tr:l.:q;r.-iph—^opyri'-ht. Received Thursday, at 9.,0 a.m. SYDNEY, Thursday. Mr Riley, of Messrs Riley and Co., estate agents, Homebush, New South Wales, who caused °a shocking explosion, wrecking a now shop aud shattering the windows of buildings, by lighting a spirit lamp in a room in which gas was escaping, has succumbed to his injuries.
An earlier message stated that, two mon wore seriously injured, whilst a third, who was blown across the road, escaped practically unhurt.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11340, 2 May 1912, Page 5
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84HOMEBUSH EXPLOSION. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11340, 2 May 1912, Page 5
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