FATAL EXPLOSION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1456, 3 June 1912, Page 4

FATAL EXPLOSION.

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;, 'i:.f i i6':.'«!.im\,.f>i;:tho> , faUilityi wa'sJthVKo.. ;.v,ii^,;Joieni:ii)-;ii;i i :;Sie;<juarrjj'and occuil>iecj:i distant ih/;this''onic'o'a :: quantity" of es." s plt>sivcV;'« : a i ß';-'Bto«;d, B f.saud\it l ;BMiuß',-.lliat : two' explo's!ons;'?on« at about 10 o'clock,:;end■ tho-othe'ritbrec-quartsrs.'of' aii- lioiir^Juter/>";v: £&;?''"%s'':"''■ r\ <iK;.K» ,;

talc-re i ten... o'clock /Neville; went/to/* .tlHf.'(Slfl.Mo,.iW'liich was about G.iect awavi,'. ;iiml' : *JKifrow«d -a; ! 'br66ni;f;wiUi: which ■to':'.? sweep out','his''office,■ irom.l'ercy Sniitli;v/ .tho .stableman..: About ten minutes later,'; Smith';, heardij the" first' explosion.' : ll<s| 'rushed'", to the' office, and round ' lying.'on the floor.frightfully injured,;.and? .iijilMirc-jitlj; j dead.:,' . ■.;.■■ .?;"'.: «i

(".JHinjth ■ took Neville' in-' his arms, hurried away for a distance, of about half.";';/' a ; chain, lie (.aw some men coming down' .*;.& the hill-from'tho vicinity-of-tho wirelessM:;: 'Nation,''-and,'-knowing ■' that there other explosives :in the.: office; ■ ho called;/; J... •to them to.be careful.' ■■•■■_ ■■■■'.'■.;/■ : i.;"M' : - ■V TiiO' first; explosion - had', the" effect, of A setting the "office on fire, and that appar-;';'"y ontly caused the' second explosion, .was the, greater of the two. . -'■■ "■"'■'■■■-„' rjyTliis explosion;-, blew ■ tho^.-office, tli*-..j ;'". stable//;, and / the 1 smithy,-.'toipieoes,- and',*",'.).; shents of iron wero found nearly a quar-jg/fl, to!" of.a mile away. .-; '-"Jf,X?i! *.'■'■'■■ ■.//;■*''&;/: v It is thought, judging j;|lj his injuries, thai Neville.;was killed- in-3'£l£ stan'ly. '• The cause of. the fresh explosion//> is'.'a. complete mystery. It, cannot even pis'. ;)>b ; . suggested that smoking . might have./.:;,// been the cause, as Neville was a; non-,, ■ :; .i .smoker. ■ ',;'■■'■. '^.v! "S'Tho explosives stored in the office were V?';;!, blasting powder and gelignite, but _ no/iSione except Neville knew what quantitieaft;;';.. were there. .<W-' ; ,l*'? '/An inquest will be- opened at the Court;.//'../ hou«e at 9.30 this morning. ■ ■'/:' 'ff'j'X'i-L The fatality, it seems, has a more thaiK £■■■..' ordinary sad side. It is reported by a'#./;. friend, who was with Neville on Friday.:::;;-,.'' evening, that he was' he be ■ shortly, and a little later it was his inten--. fjv tion to leave New Zealand, and settle oil ■'■'''■■■ a farm in Victoria, which'had up. recently been managed by his father: "■&'*'s ■ The sound of the explosion was heard;. j";: all over Wellington, and various were tIW-'v surmises as to tho cause... In Tiinkoril:<;.ft Road the windows of the houses werft- : '".t.U rattled by the shock, which was a.lso felt ■■'':,■; with startling effect on the slopes of Mount Victoria, where in some castfs it „;,;*: was thought to be the prelude to a salute ..:';?• from the Kins of Fort Kelburne. The':'.; explosion was even heard at Island Bay—. i.y'i i. four miles away. ■■'~;