BANK ROBBERY AT SEY MOUR.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 17, 11 May 1876, Page 3

BANK ROBBERY AT SEY MOUR.

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I A correspondent of the " English JMe- ! chanie" in giving the best method of extinguishing kerosene laiitps, says : —"Turn ■ the flame tip to full power, then l>Emv a sharp psttF horizontally across the top of tht' funnel, when the light will n**t only he : extinguished, hut there will l»e n.» afterMinoku - J'he formerly ignited wick will i>r estingwiahed l»y its»»wn carbonic acid guv. ♦ leaving my oftice at night 1 thus turn ! rip- the (taming wick, aiul with a grateful ! gladness that the desk labour of the day [ (and flight) are »>vvr, give a side wave of the- hat'past the chimney, which draws tip the (fame from contact with the wick, and the tight is gone, and with n»> after-smell. This cannot he too widely circulated, as 1 read in the " Times" the other day, that a tatty tost her life t>y Mowing down the chimney, and thus causing an explosion/* An explosion *>f gas occurred at the W ootpack Hotel, Wilihunstown, on the Mb nit., when Mr. Hannaway, the landlord of the home, and his wile, received very severe injuries. It seems that Mrs. Hannaway took a lighted candle with her into an inner room to ascertain where the gas wa:* escaping. Mr. Hannaway also went into the r>mm, which they had scarcely entered when there was a loud explosion. Mr. a»d 3lre. Hannaway were both knocked down, the chimneypiece was cleared of ornaments, the door of the room was carried away into the passage, the window and Minds Mown out, and other damage effected. Mb. Hannaway was very severely burnt ab«>ut the head, and fiow ties tt> a precarious state. . Mr. Hannaway h injuries were confined to burns about the hands and slight injuries to the face. The room in which the explosion occurred is lath and plastered throughout, or damage by tire wotdd prolvddy have been amongst the resttlts of the explosion. The hotel has only been recently built, and it is believed there was a leakage in the gasatier.