21.   Abbeville County Coroner Ronnie Ashley said he never knew anyone to survive such an accident.

22.   An explosion at a firecracker factory injured three people Thursday, the second such accident after a similar blast killed a woman worker three days earlier, police said.

23.   But he did not say who fired the weapon or explain how such an accident could have happened.

24.   But such an accident is unusual in the Chinese capital, where safety rules are more rigorously enforced.

25.   French police have launched an investigation, standard procedure in such an accident.

26.   He prayed that such an accident would not happen again.

27.   He said he did not know what caused the fall, the third such accident in the past six years.

28.   His father, Richard Ness, said two of the devices had material wrapped around the end to prevent such an accident, but the third was uncovered.

29.   It was the second such accident.

30.   It was the third such accident involving workers being brought to pick cotton in the past month.