A HOG EXPLODES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1667, 1 December 1887, Page 1

A HOG EXPLODES.

A remarkable case of dynamite explosion is related by Henry Simpson, a resident of Kentucky. Simpson had been using dynamite for the purpose of blowing several old stumps out of the ground, and carelessly loft the dangerous compound lying by the side of a stump, on which he intended to begin operations. The dynamite was mixed with sawdust, and gave forth an exceedingly pleasant odour, which attracted the attention of two of Simpson’s hogs, which soon had converted themselves into gigantic cartridges. The stuff, when eaten, creates a peculiar sensation, which annoyed one of the pigs to such an extent that it entered Simpson’s stables and began rubbing against a post at the mouth of a mule’s stall. The mule remained passive for but a few minutes, when it gave the hog a terrific kick in the side. A tremendous explosion followed, and after the clearing away of the smoke and dust, the hog was to he found only in detachments, while an enormous aperture marked the spot where it had stood. The mule received a tremendous shock, but was still intact. The other hog is now running at large, greatly to the terror of the entire neighborhood.