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Temuka Leader, Issue 1986, 24 December 1889, Page 4

Charles Leslie Fleming was committed for forgery at Christchurch on Saturday. He was committed for a similar offence the previous day at Ashburton, From the manner in which the wool exhibits are coming forward, the forthcoming show in connection with the exhibition at Dunedin promises to be a most successful affair as a display of the staple product of the colony. By a gas explosion in Invercargill station, Mr H. Gow, District Traffic Manager, and Mr Jas. Lawson were injured. It appears that when the gas was turned off at the meter on Friday the jet in the strong room was overlooked. On Saturday morning Gow and Lawson went to the strong room, the latter going inside, where he struck a light, and an explosion followed, Lawson being blown out of the strong room, while Gow, who was in the office outside, was thrown violently to the floor. Both were severely burnt about the face and hands, and their clothing was singed. The explosion gave a report like a cannon. The office door was blown clean out, and the glass in the room broken to pellets and driven with the force of shot from a gun into adjacent walls. Both men, besides burns and bruises, sustained severe shocks, and will be laid up some days.