INQUISITIVE BOY.
PLAYING WITH EXPLOSIVES. (Per Press Association.) Christchurch, last night. A boy named Sydney Charles Fowke, son of J. M. Fowke, the Wbll-known cricketer, attempted /to explode or-patrol tin containing carbide by throwing a lightcS.rnatch in it. - " X deafening report followed, and tho top of the tin was blown off with great force. Is struck the boy in the face, inflicting a horrible wound, extending from the nose right across the cheek. The nose was smashed in, and tbs lad for a time was uueonscious. He is now in a serious condition at the hospital.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1365, 28 January 1905, Page 2
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96INQUISITIVE BOY. Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1365, 28 January 1905, Page 2
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