PUTTY STOPS CAS LEAK
DEATH 40 YEiARS LATER. LONDOX, Feb. 2.—A piece* of putty, instead of solder, put by a 'workman to. cover the joint, of a gas pipe, was blamed at a. Hull inquest yesterday for the death of Mrs. Alice. Ctunpston, aged 76, who died through a gas leak. Ijhe putty had lasted 40 years, but when a new chandelier . was attached tq the pipe, the putty became dislodged. Verdict: “Accidental death.”
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 169, 14 April 1939, Page 1
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74PUTTY STOPS CAS LEAK Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 169, 14 April 1939, Page 1
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