Severely Burnt When Primus Explodes
NEW PLYMOUTH, April 16. Severe bnrns to the face, neck, arms, and chest were suffered by Mr. Ralph Goeffrey Druee, of Ohura., garage proprietor, when a primns stove he was using explodcd in his face to-day. He was admitted to the Taumaruimi Hospital and his condition to-nignt was reported to be serious. s ' Mr. Druee was working on the floor of his garage with a blow lamp and a primns which apparently beeame overheated. It exploded with great fo'ree over his head and shoulders which bacame a mass oi flameg,
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 April 1948, Page 3
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