A GAS EXPLOSION.
Pel Press Association. Duuedi;', Last Night. An escape of gas, presumably the result of a (broken gas main, led to a rather serious explosion in a house in Hanover street this afternoon. The smell of gas in the neighborhood had been very pronounced sinco Saturday, and yesterday afternoon ww almost overwhelming. The gas must have escaped from the gas main'into an old water sewer, and then found its waft through a-drain pipe into the kitchen where a. fire was burning. Ttte result was a terrific explosion, almost finingthe room with flame. The kitchen was set ablaze, but tne nre.waa eveaw ally extinguished. There was one woman in the room at the time, but the: force of the explosion was concentrated to qne spotj otherwise the result would have been disastrous. When workmen set to work to locate the leak the striking of a stone by a pick caused a spark, and ignited the gas in the sewer a. flame shooting up through the man-' lioe. The outburst was. howmr, only a temporary one.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 13 September 1907, Page 2
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176A GAS EXPLOSION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 13 September 1907, Page 2
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