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 Bourne Street. 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-years old of Kenneth Whittington pictured at his home, at Ebury Bridge -building S.E.

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 Bourne Street. 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-years old of Kenneth Whittington pictured at his home, at Ebury Bridge -building S.E. Stock Photo
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3758 x 5102 px | 31.8 x 43.2 cm | 12.5 x 17 inches | 300dpi

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1 November 1958

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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 Bourne Street. 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-years old of Kenneth Whittington pictured at his home, at Ebury Bridge -building S.E. (Credit Image: Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS)

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