BLOWN UP. Newspaper Article

Newspaper Article BLOWN UP.

. An accident that, resulted in the blowing up of a house and which only _by the greatest- luck did not end fatally occurred last week at Mr. Lambert's place on the Babinda road. It appears that he had put several plugs of dynamite and detonators in a camp oven for safe keeping. During his absence from home some travellers took shelter 'in the house and prior to making a damper put the oven on the fire to heat it. They then went outside to git some wood and shortly afterwards the building was blown into the air.

Cairns Post
August 1912
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THATS SOME HEAVY DAMPER

What about the poor guy who owned the place …. Grin …. I reckon it would have changed his day when he got home.

hahaha, WHAT HOME,lol

Surely one would look in the oven to see if was at least clean??

That would put a damper on the situation, hope insurance covers that!!!!

If it was me I would have checked … imagine the guys at the wood heap ……… oh it kills me.