TERRIFIC EXPLOSION,
IN A COAL GRATE. TWO PEOPLE SERIOUSLY HURT. AUCKLAND, Monday. A terrific explosion in the sitting room grate at the residence of Mr. Samuel Agnew, Grey Lynn, last evening, wrecked the room and blew out the stove in the kitchen adjoining. There were five people in the room, including Mr. Agnew, and his son, Mr. Stanley John Agnew, aged 26, both of whom were taken to the Auckland Hospital suffering from injuries to the 1 head through being struck by flying furniture. It is believed that the explosion was caused by the firing of a detonator in Die coal. Only slight injuries were sustained by the other three in the room, although Mr. Basil Ratcliffe, who lives next-door and was visiting the Agnews, was hurled across the room, through a doorway and to the far end’of another room. The room was reduced to a state of chaos, and debris was also littered all over the kitchen from the stove. Residents a considerable distance away were startled by the report which shook houses in the vicinity.
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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17805, 2 September 1929, Page 7
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