COSTLY IGNORANCE.
KaPHTHA destroyed by FIRE. SENSATIONAL DISCOVERY. U l i(ed P:S- As oontlon— ny .meolric 'l elegrnt li Copyright. Received ()2tnhar 11, 9.40 pm, ST. PETERSBURG, Oc'ober 11. A sensational discover of naphtha was made near the terminus of the Tuapse-Armavk railway, which is bein? built with British capital. After the discovery the ignorance Vof the workmen resulled in a ' winch took two hundred men ten days to extinguish. '1 wo million pounds of naphtha were destroyed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9619, 12 October 1909, Page 5
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78COSTLY IGNORANCE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9619, 12 October 1909, Page 5
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