SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12942, 6 December 1909, Page 6

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

EXPLOSION OF ACETYLENE CAS.

Young Lad Killed.

(Per United Press Araxsiation.) PALMUU^'OX i\\, December fi. An explosion, of acetylene gdt, with shocking leMirt, occurred at t'luuch Street last Saturday evening, Edward Muudy, a lad oi lomteeu years, ot ago, being Jailed almost instantly. He was the i-on ot Ja-. Muiidy, bootmaker, and being of a. mechanical turn ot mind had mjue an acteylene ga,* geueiator out ol an oil drum, which lie (it ted loosely into a circular tank filled with water, 'ihe ga 3 was used to light up a .small cinematograph appaiatus vvhic-h the deceased had. Ie appears that just alter six o'clock the deceased and hu, brother William were attempting- to li(rht the tube fixed at the end of the oil drum, when an explosion occurred. The deceased must have been leaning over the generator at the timo, for the top of the oil drum was blown out and struck him in the lace cutting the top of his head clean off from the eyes to the back of the skull. The deseasedr, arm was also broken by the explosion. The top of the oil drum struck the root ot a shed with tremendous force taking a piece out of the rafters and lifting the iron of lhc root. Th= deceased's brother had a very narrow escape. lie had Jiih hand near the generator when the explosion occurred, and received a very severe injury to his right hand. Dr., O'Brien waa called in, and found deceased in a frightful condition and just breathing his ast. An inquest was held this morning the verdict being that deceased had been Killed by an accidental explosion of acetylene gas. J

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