GELIGNITE EXPLOSION.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 232, 1 October 1929, Page 8

GELIGNITE EXPLOSION.

PACKET DROPPED IN TENT.

INJURIES OF/ , TWO MEN' SERIOUS,

(By 6\yn 'Correspondent.) J v " :Monday. FouiV/iliiGn were injured:,by' the pre-mature-explosion of gelignite in a tent at theiPublic Works camp; at Hopuruahine, Xake- Waikaremoana. ~ . '-.• ' ; A number of men engaged on the relief works "were in a tent handling the gelignite,: preparing it before putting' in a charge.' One" of the men dropped a packet, •fand it exploded. » " ■ The condition of 'Richard - Heron' DalJiousie, -who had his. right -hand almost blown off, and George Leckie, who received severe injuries to his legs, is serious..' "'-,-, ~ •'.■-. Joseph Goldsmith and a man named O'Regan also received slight injuries. The latter went back to the camp after treatment, at. the hospital, and Goldsmith was discharged to-day. This, is the-second accident that-has occurred from the handling of explosives on this work. - Only a few weeks ago one of the men was engaged heating the gelignite, when it exploded, and he was killed. The weather has been very cold at Waikaremoana, and this has necessitated the wanning of the explosive before use.