EXPLOSION OF GAS.
H' Par Erf n Association. |§=. OuazDiir, March 31. |„' The water gss purifier at the City ropta Works in seme inexplicable'mangjfcerwas utterly demoliahed about 10 f o'clock this morning. The ezplc aion smashed several winr-, dows in ihe main street in South -Donedir, and windows all ever the rattled. f. A vit it to the gas works shows that gf lipftof three attached buildings eonp matirg.of the exhaust, (he house puri- ; fyirg chamber, and the station me er room were blown to pieces. The explosion evidently occurred in station meter house, and it i i a n- -• lideredfprobable that it was caused by J a bakjbatthe pa engineer caa oil; ':;h*»rd.a conjecture. UuQinater seems to be uninjured And | the exhaust machinery is apparently -intact j It u estimated that abou; £2OOO ' will caver the damage. A angular feature about the affair is that nobody was hurt although several . man, including the engineer, were i standing in the direction ol tte explosion.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 79, 1 April 1903, Page 4
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163EXPLOSION OF GAS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 79, 1 April 1903, Page 4
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