A MAGAZINE EXPLOSION.
FIB PEKSS ASSOCIATION. Pebth, July 16. An explosion took place at a magazine at Robbs Jetty, three miles from Fret-mantle. The caretaker, Whelan, was blown to atoms. Whelan saw a light in the magazine, and got two men to go with him to investigate. Whelan left his companions behind a sand bank and went and looked in the window of the magazine. He shouted to the others to clear out, and the building at the same instant blew up. I . The shock was felt at Perth, 15 miles distant. The origin is a mystery, I
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 166, 17 July 1903, Page 3
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98A MAGAZINE EXPLOSION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 166, 17 July 1903, Page 3
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