A sensational accident is reported to have occurred neir Pongaroa on Tuesday nvjht. The County engineer, Mr. R. W. Bond, inadvertently dropped a lighted cigarette into a keg of axplosive near which he was standing. A terrific explosion ensued, but wonderful to relate Mr Bond escaped with a few •light bums about th# iaca,
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1920, Page 5
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54Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1920, Page 5
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