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Atal Explosion
Prom Our Own Correspondent
Norfolk Is. Nov. 28.
IHE two Sydney detectives, Messrs. Armstrong and Abbott, who were called to Norfolk and to investigate the suspicious •cumstances surrounding the ex- Dsion which caused the death of o Norfolk Island women a few icks ago, return to Sydney to )1T0W. [t is understood that malice has Bn eliminated as a factor in the tgedy and that irresponsible ac m by children was the cause.
Be this as it may, the action — lack of action—by persons who ould have been in charge of the plosives at the old Whaling ition is deserving of comment: ?ligence in leaving dangerous ex >sives about is a matter for cen :e. rhe victims were Mrs. Phoebe zabeth Christian (45), and Mrs.
Lvia Hilda Quintal (31). \fter a fishing expedition, they re preparing a meal in the store an old bunk house at the Ball y Whaling Station when the ex >sion occurred. It was surmised the time that old harpoon heads detonators had been hidden in fire box of the stove.
During his stay on the Island, Mr. mstrong was instrumental in ob ning a conviction against a local ident for “dangerous riding,” or legal equivalent—in other words, ing a nag on the public thorough e while “nursing a jug.”