FATAL EXPLOSION
An inquest w3s held this afternoon into the death of Patrick Anthony O’Connell, who died in the hospital last night. He was admitted last Sunday suffering from severe burns caused by an explosion of kerosene. The evidence showed that on Sunday morning the deceased sprinkled some kerosene from a four-gallon tin on a fire to get it going, and the spirit exploded, injuring him severely. The verdict was that death was due to toxaemia following the accidental explosion of the kerosene. The deceased, who was fifty years of age, occupied a dairy farm at Mount Cargill,
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Evening Star, Issue 21747, 15 June 1934, Page 12
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98FATAL EXPLOSION Evening Star, Issue 21747, 15 June 1934, Page 12
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