A STARTLING OCCURRENCE.
GAS EXPLOSION IN A HANK. (IJY I'ELEORAI'II—OWN UORWSSTO> IIISNT.) Br.KNUKiIt, bast Night. A s.T.VHTi.TN'O affair occurred in the Hank of New Z;»luul h-re to-day. Mr Mitchell, the teller, struck a match in the strong room, and a terrific explosion followed. Thick plat-; glasi window on tin ground floor and two front -ges w'yl'. blown to fragments, the blinds totn, the wirdow sisle? broken, and papers, cheques and notes strew.i aro mil in wild eo:.fusion. Mitchell was burned o-j the. fa-c and arms, an I his hair was tinged. The ledgerkecper w.s hurled from his desk into the manager's renin, and a fo.v passers in the streets were slightly cut with the. flying Windows were broken in seveial adjoining 'building?. The explosion was cause Iby a leak in a gaspipe. The room caught lire, but it was spcxlily extinguished.
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Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 38, 6 October 1896, Page 2
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141A STARTLING OCCURRENCE. Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 38, 6 October 1896, Page 2
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