PLAYING WITH FIRE.
There is an old Vajiiig thaf |hose wtd play with fire must expect to "get burned! A hojt; recently Mfpundptliisi out fl His name is Dan ,Donoran, and-, by some me.ajis' or oilier' Dap. got possession, of about two pounds of blasting powder; Being^atheg l%rge r iu^fcc, grainxfqr sportf jug purposes, Dp comm.ejiqed to ,rcdijc4 it % pounding ifc*in a mortar. 5 He puj a small portion of the coarse,, powder intd tho mortar—his stock ftejiig Jelbse by'in a saucer. : The friction, however, exploded ihV powder Sin -thel mortar, whi6h' <comi smtmicatcd itselfKo the-saucer, and ther6 -was a-slight blow-up.- —Theresult is-that the bpjr is ia the hospital, seriously burned/ and -the -powder Vanished inj jtnoke, . V-> > 'r : i i) /, ,' \
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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1696, 10 June 1874, Page 2
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121PLAYING WITH FIRE. Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1696, 10 June 1874, Page 2
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