STOVE SHATTERED BY COAL EXPLOSION
WOMAN’S LEG INJURED .Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday. A terrific explosion shattered the kitchen stove in Mr. Percy Sampson’s house at Sentry Hill to-night and hurled portions of the stove about the room. The fragments penetrated the ceiling and broke a window. One piece of the iron injured Mrs. j Sampson’s leg. ; The explosion occurred when Mr. j Sampson placed a shovel full of coal on the fire. The three occupants of j the room, the father, mother and son, had a fortunate escape from more serious consequences. The coal was secured originally from the Waikato, being bought as usual through the dairy factory. It evidently contained some explosive.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 116, 6 August 1927, Page 13
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114STOVE SHATTERED BY COAL EXPLOSION Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 116, 6 August 1927, Page 13
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