Sensational Accident.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7978, 15 November 1905, Page 2

Sensational Accident.

KXI'LOSIOX, or XAI'UTJJA ' ''"«'<) JIIOX IX.HJtEU. Hie waihi f (|lo y '- Ueraid ,-,„-,,| „„ |.-,. i( | ilv ._ Ihe powen',,l .-nVut of naphtha was , in-uii..st-,-,| in „ sensational manner ' "hangama.a ,t ~„„,„,. ,„- , IaVK •g<i- und two „„,, , K „u,di Uilliam Ni t"ll and M. U„dp,-ick McColquodale \V'[ .'"'V u'lniitnw 1,-, u„, xv*«ilii Hospital -ais a ivsult. Vl'he accident "•is a m„s| ,„.c„bar one. 0„ Uc|- ~'"''•' l "'" Mv ''U were apiiareulk "ii,',',?,,;" ~nr" r " i " « *•«<« <*m™ •' I'l He anmsemenl nt •■<;„>■ Fawkes" season, and Lhey pouiitil srlniut nwo gallons „| naphtha into the harbour lh "- v ""■" i" a l.oat at the ,i„„. ,""' •" l " 1 ' 'h,. nap. ha ha-d 'been distrt l, 1 l " »■"'• Ihe walvr. and thiuk-inS ""X- I'.v nulling <,u;,-klv thev woull ""* '"" '"''he reach of Ihe eMdosionJ ""' ,'" 'he men threw a light, 4 '."""'li ovei-bon,-.!. A great explosion' I'iManily followed, and the boat, was "'"■clop,,| i„ hj,,, s ~ „„.,!„ spect,,- ""•• s "I' shore s!atin R that the f iiiiiuc.4 "ere ~„,.,,. | ._,,-, j,,, j|,.('or,pi,.i ,l;l1 '' 'eceived the f„|l blast in tne ~''"•, '" , < l '"' "Ifofpc-d in a luitil lo thf 1iuu,,,,,. „|\,,|„. ,|„ mK , M| , Vicd| •>')»|ied just as the flames shot „p, «--'"l- and although severely burnrvl """" ""• ""lis he retained his seiis'■■"• ""-I pulh-d for Did shore. the boat having to pass through an area '"'• "'• 1 ■•' '-horc with his companion, anil Hi" injuries of both ~„.„ were tlttewl- '"' >"■ *i"hougli considerable relief was alio,-d,-d. it „ : ,s deemed ncecssnrv 1,1 lu'Ug the injured men lothe Waih' llnspital. Mr .McCoi'(|iiodale's face his bee,, most severely burned, ami I' s eyes and month -are considerably swollen. M,- .Nj,.„|| Vi ,s burned severely about (he arms. .