BOY SEVERELY BURNED.
THREW TURPENTINE INTO FURNACE. Christchurch, Last Night. Joseph Oliver, ag edls, employed at the Dominion Mirror and Glass Company’s works, was severely burned this morning. He had been cleaning out a kerosene tin with turpentine and opening the door of the furnace in the boiler house he threw the contents into the fire. A great sheet of flame belched from the furnace door, burning the boy’s face, chest and hands and causing him to stagger half blinded from the room. He xvas rushed to the hospital where it was found that his injuries were severe, even the inside of his mouth having been burned.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3687, 6 September 1927, Page 2
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107BOY SEVERELY BURNED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3687, 6 September 1927, Page 2
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