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PALMERSTON N,, TB» Day. "From the report made by the Government Analyst^.it seem# qfrite olOat * that this luBYiOatirigSSil drririi' coritSrfiOil some fraetiori of" petfofouih mstu- ; late which caused the" Oxplosion," com- ' irfented the Coroner, Mr Graham, when ' at ari this iriOfSirig iritW Ihe dOath. of Frederick ^ofiarle# Norton, Aged 53, ground Oti^neer at Moi Air- v" wayfcy retrirried # vOfdirt the d#ceased was accidentally kiUed at the 1 Milson aerodrome on May 3, thrqrigfc Ihe explosion of an oil-dmm friSri Wfiich he wa# reffficWif^ the top ui aoetylene plririf. The CororiOr «dd#d: Blwtt l» . aftachahie* to ffe# arithorit^# Of the aerodforit#. 19 iSMy h# M Well to issue a WririMn® to gll w®6 *we Ifandling L these drufri# fo ann that tS#y are free i frOm anything in the nature of petro- ; letim. ! "This aocident illustrates the dang#r *• ! of cuttirigf open a drum wMeh eotttaiit- - ed petrol or o2, riot of a hi^. fla#&ponit, Of OfSflkeas# dfaifliirgs Iikofy tO give off ga#y for the f&novai of which it jfa necessary to just steam the drums arid valves,"" he conclud^J..
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 110, 26 May 1937, Page 4
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186OIL-DRUM DANGER Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 110, 26 May 1937, Page 4
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