DYNAMITE CAP EXPLODES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1667, 6 February 1913, Page 7

DYNAMITE CAP EXPLODES.

• )■ , . , BOY'S NARROW ESCAPE.' . (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) / ■ : • Walhi, February 5. ■ Tho eldest boy (about ton years) of ; Mrs. Parker, of Wrigley :Street, had a rev markablfl-escapo -from serious He was hammering at-the leg of a rock- , ing-horse, when suddonly an explosion occurred, scattering the splintered wood In nil directions. Tho child was struck on the temple, cheek, and fore-finger. Fortu- ' 1 natoly the wounds were not serious. 'After ; tho little fellow had his injuries 'attended . • to, he explained .that' he, had picked up ; something which ho mistook for a brass wrew, and inserting it in an old screw hole in the , side of the rocking-horse, 1 -began hammering it-with an iron spike. It could be only, surmised that hehad picked up a dynamite cap, and the hitting caused it toexplode. A fragment of metal vwas 'extracted • from -the wound in the .temple, and the nature of the Teport .indicated that a dynamite cap had caused tho explosion. Zenith-Graduti Motor-Cycles, 81's and G h.p. now on hand. The His- . Tory of the Zenith' (with infinitely vari- . able gear) is ono long list of successes. For reliability, speed, slow riding, or ■ ' hill-climbinw, it is without a rival. Writ® : (or particulars to • ■ ' WATT'S GARAGE. ' '• 1 Sole Agents, Palmerston North.' <