TEACHER HURT BY JUVENILE TRICK
SYDNEY, June 11. , A- chemiea! explosion burned the hapd of a Noi'th ■ Sydney woman school : ,t.eacher wlien she touched a piece 0/ paper on' the letter- box outside ner home on Monday. Defcectives at first regarded fhe incident seriousjy b.ecause tfiey thought that letter-bombg similat to tjiose being sent to Brjtain by Jewish terrorists niight have been th troduced here. They are now satiMied ■tfiait a juvenile trick tVas tfie cause oi. the explosion, And have perinitted dfitails to b.e released. The victim, who is a teacher at the Presbyterian Ladies' College atPymblc, suffered badly burned fihgers, n&Ciessi tating medical attention. Experts reported tliat the paper had been impregnated with twro ehemicals in common household use. When wet, it would be harmless, 'but, when dry, would be ,so lijghly explosive tfiat a fly alightfng °b would efrVRP i-i fp bui'Bt into fl'ames.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 June 1947, Page 5
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