GAS EXPLOSION.
FOURTEEN DEATHS AT COBURC. HOUSE BLOWN INTO THE AIR. (Received September 17, 9.30 a.m.)MBERLIN, Sept. 16. By the- in a Jiouse at Coburg fourteen deaths were caused. Young inmates of the house were warned by a strong leakage of gas; nevertheless they lit a fire. "The house was blown into tEe air. Six families were buried in' the wreckage, which became ignited. Several of the vicfains were burned, including a man and a woman, whose bodies, standing erect, with outstretched arms, were found pinned against a wall. , \ Two deaf mutes perished.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 September 1913, Page 5
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93GAS EXPLOSION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 September 1913, Page 5
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