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GAS EXPLOSION
Wife of the Chief of Police Severely Burned
[Welland Telegraph, 18 March 1910]
As the result of a gas explosion, Mrs. H. Jones, wife of Chief of Police Jones, is suffering from severe burns of her hands and face.
The explosion took place on Tuesday evening and happened in this manner. Mrs. Jones, after preparing to spend the evening out, opened the oven door of a stove and was immediately blown to the floor by the force of the explosion. Her face and hands were severely burned and her hair singed. The lucky part is that her clothing escaped catching fire.
It seems that the oven burner had been left going after the fire was turned out. When the door was opened the escaping gas ignited on the main burner with the above result.
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