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Nov. 01, 1958 - Boy's Firework blows up street: Chelsea had it's biggest bang for years yesterday, when nine-year old Kenneth Whittington popped a firework into a lamp standard, in Bournestreet. The firework ignited an underground gas leak and: Two hundred girls were evacuated from a school. A girl was injured and taken to hospital; Four manhole covers were blown up and thirty yards of pavement was cracked open. Photo Shows Nine-year-old Kenneth Whittington, pictured at his home at Ebury Bridge - buildings, S.E

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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Bang Biggest Blown Blows Cracked Ebury Evacuated Firework Ignited Leak Manhole Nine-year Nine-year-old Popped Thirty Whittington Yards


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