EXTENSIVE DAMAGE
IN- EXPLOSION IN FACTORY.
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WIJLLIJTGTOIf, August 25, fixtettatve damage, tfah done to the vatrttak room at TVubntan'a Patoit Factory, at Mivamar, to»day, *» the rwuty of nix exp’O'sion whiolv wrecked haunt isystem and ignited ■ '«s boiler filled with varnish, The explosion Occurred ■ when the varnish was being heated to a temperature of approximately five hundred degrees.. Blot fumes in. the exhaust system exploded with a report that was heard almost a mile from the factory. Fragments of iron were hurled into-the room, but no one was struck; About six feet of piping was" algo blown out, and flames commenced '. .to run 1 back towards the heated varn - sh. 'The foreman, Mr B: Ryde, attempted, to move the varnish,' but he was unable to do so, aid it suddenly ignited. Ryde received burns to his fac* Tb© fire was overcome by means of an extinguisher, with which the., factory is equipped. ' ’ '•. , - ■ 7 ■ - '
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1932, Page 5
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156EXTENSIVE DAMAGE Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1932, Page 5
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