A Dreadful Accident
Stpnet, September 24. ,A. frightful accident happened at this afternoon to Bobert Elliott, who was mixing material in Warden's store for a torchlight to fee used jfco-night, £bfl material exploded, folowing off thg man's left hand, and tearing away all the skin from his prm, fracturing his leg, and burning #11 his face and hair. A. piece of the pot penetrated the sole of his foot, and another piece of the iron was forced through both sides of an iron , cage into a bag of sugar. The force pt the ; explosion destroyed the whole yv^fTEe plate glass of Warden's shop / ffindow, and broke the panes of glass . in other parts of the house, JElliott -..-- i§»Qt expected to liye,
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 42, 27 September 1887, Page 3
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