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(full text transcription)KELLY GANG POWDER MAGAZINE

MELBOURNE , Friday,

Mr Griffiths, a farmer at Lurg, in the Benalla district, was burning off an old stump yesterday, when a terrific explosion was heard. It burst the slump into fragments, and tore a large hole in the ground. An examination made afterwards showed the remains of a powder casket. The stump had been used by the Kelly Gone as a place for storing powder.

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