ROCKET ACCIDENT.
SEVERAL HUNDRED PERSONS INJURED. (by electeic telegraph.—copyright). Chicago, May 2. During a display of fireworks in this city, a rocket aecidentiy found its way into the crowd, and many were badly burned by the explosion and many more were crushed in the panic which the accident caused. Altogether several hundred people were hurt in one way or another, but, fortunately, nona of the injuries are likely to prove fatal.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2623, 4 May 1889, Page 2
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71ROCKET ACCIDENT. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2623, 4 May 1889, Page 2
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