FATAL EXPLOSION
(HV KI.KCI'HK.' 1 KI.KCH U'll. —COI'YHICH r.) Sydxky, Afiy, I'l. A KKAltin, accident occurred at. Palmer's, tin inland township on the Clarence ]!iver, yesterday afternoon. Three youths were handling ti reworks in a .store, when a, specimen known as 11 Jumping Jack" was lin-d oil', and ilew into an open barrel of gunpowder, which was standing dose at, hand. A terriilij explosion followed, the store being shattered to pieces, while the young fellows received fearful injuries. One of than, named lilaek, has sincJ died.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2943, 26 May 1891, Page 2
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86FATAL EXPLOSION Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2943, 26 May 1891, Page 2
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