STOVE EXPLODES.
SHOP FRONT BLOWN OUT. GLASS SCATTERED OVER ROADA man named Robert Irvine, dry cleaner, Ward Street, Hamilton, was working with a Primus stove at liis shop yesterday afternoon, when the stove suddenly exploded, knocking Irvine down and inflicting burns. The force or the explosion was so great that it blew out Hie heavy front door, while the plate-glass windows were shattered, pieces being hurled right across tiie slreet.
The Fire Brigade was quickly on Uic scene, to find the front o[ the shop a wreck, and a quantity of benzine ablaze at Hie rear, which had set lire also lo (lie adjoining workshop belonging Lo Mr E. Jones, saddler. The dames were, however, extinguished lie fore any damage was caused. Irvine received medical attention, hi.s injuries fortunately not being very extensive, and being confined chiefly to iiis hands.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16814, 4 June 1926, Page 6
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140STOVE EXPLODES. Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16814, 4 June 1926, Page 6
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