Serious Explosion
PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Dunewn, This Day. While some experiments were being conducted in connection with the Mutual Improvement Society at Milton last night, an explosion took place and abont two dozen persons were injured by tbe broken glass. Mr James Reid, rector of the High School, received a severe cut under the eye, but it is not known whether his sight is injured or not, owing to inflammation. Among other sufferers were J. S. Uansome, a son of James Gray, a daughter of John Lane, Mrs A. Young and James Adams. The oause of the accident was that gases, oxygen and hydrogen, were generated in a backroom and conducted by india rubber pipes 1 1. rough a hole inthe wall on to a platform. The pipes became twisted, and the wrong gases turned on.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 23, 7 August 1884, Page 2
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