Sat. Oct. 24, 1857 North Carolina Argus. October 1857
We regret to record a distressing accident which occurred to MR. GEORGE
SOUTHALL of this town (Wilmington). MR. SOUTHALL had prepared a small vial of
a chemical composition of which nitric acid was the principal ingredient, and
while conversing with a friend, the vial exploded, scattering the corrosive
fluid into the face of MR. SOUTHALL, a portion entering one of his eyes,
instantly depriving it of sight.
This painful accident should be a warning to persons handling chemicals.
--WILMINGTON HERALD
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