JOKING WITH GELIGNITE
PROVIDENTIAL SUNSHINE,
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 18, 10.50 p.m. Pel th, January 18.
Four boys, the eldest being nine years, placed a quantity of gelignite on a tramline at Gwalia, on the Northern Goldfield, and then hid in the vicinity,, watching for the fun. The sun melted and partially destroyed the explosive, and when a tram passed over it the stuff exploded, and tore a hole a foot deep In the ground. The explosion damaged the line, but no one was injured.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 227, 19 January 1911, Page 5
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85JOKING WITH GELIGNITE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 227, 19 January 1911, Page 5
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