He Would Try.
The following yarn is told about
the natural gas at Inglewood in a 3taid Government report : — A gentleman was delivering temperance lectures at Inglewood, and enlivened hi 3 -subject with lime-light views. He took up hi 3 gas bag to fill it. with. natural gas instead of manufacturing it. After getting a small quantity in his bag, a lighted match was held near the mouth, when an explosion took place, throwing the gentleman across a ditch, when his gas-bag was entirely demolished. Whatever hi£ experience as a temperance lecturer was, continues the report, it was very evident that he had no chemical knowledge, and that he was trying to experiment with elements of whose composition he was totally ignorant.
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Manawatu Herald, 6 August 1896, Page 2
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122He Would Try. Manawatu Herald, 6 August 1896, Page 2
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