FROST CAUSES UNUSUAL EXPLOSION
PUNEDIN, July 14. Some indicafiop. pf the heavy frosts that have been experienced in Central Otagpj was afforded by an incidpnt -jyh'ich occurred at the .Commercial Hoteil, Lawrence. The mfd4ay ipea) -jyas fleipg '.prepared' whe'n therp yrg-s k terrific explosipfl which prpye/l tp f»e fhe bnrsting of the .hot wat.er pir,cplatpr. It tyas situ§tt,ed outside tfle building next to the .chipin.ey and wfls enclosed in the jisuai hQkflike struct.ure. ^.ppaf.eptly \yatef ip. th.e. exhaust •pipe leading from the circulator tp ahpye the f.pof, flad frozen into a solid l?lpcjt aRd the accumulation oi' st.e^jn copfined ip the circ.uiatpr ^ufe,d the explosjop which tore the pircyiatpr frpm |ts fixings and c^ast ' if in|9 th,e 'sectippi'next do'or p,bout 26 yards distant. The windows of the kitchen w67®' ' bjLown in* and i 3J-inch concrete ■pencji wj# 'PpK1?1? into jtwo. A sink was fprn frop' its pipes and eight to ten bloeks Vere ' blown from the chimney and flurled as a solid block 20 pr 3Q f§et aWay. Fdrtunafely three women and three ch|ldrtep had yacated the .kitche^ half a minute earlier.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 July 1947, Page 5
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