Little evidence of this dramatic event remains today.
Nothing remains of the two homes that were ripped apart by a massive gas explosion in Temeside which was heard several miles away.
Lessons learned? Actually, no, because incredibly 18 months later Temeside was rocked by a second gas explosion involving the same gas main. It wrecked the luxury bungalow home of Mr and Mrs Cyril Perks, although nobody was hurt. Some people thought a plane had crashed. There was immediately a desperate hunt for those who were feared buried under the smouldering rubble.But it was to prove to be a night of good fortune and some amazing escapes.
Four children would have been in the Lewis’ devastated property but for a last minute change of plan. At number 42 factory worker Edwin Evans, wife Winifred, and their five children dashed down a blazing staircase, with eight-month-old baby Kevin being carried, to emerge shocked and slightly singed, but amazed to be alive.
And there were two canine fatalities, Babian, the Lewis' alsatian, and a terrier owned by the Evans family.
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