AN EXPLOSION.
WORKMAN INJURED. (rRESS ASSOCIATION TSLEGKAU.) TAUMAItUNUI, January 20. During blasting operations yesterday afternoon at the Egmont Box Company's mill at Te Rena, near Kakani a workman, Michael Hesketh aged 30, went to see why the second charge had not exploded. Just as he reached the spot where the charge had been put in an explosion occurred and Hesketh was blown about 30 feet. The skin on his face was scorched, and he was rendered unconscious, but no bones were broken He received medical attention and was removed to the Taumarumn Hospital, where he is making satisfactory progress. '
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19270121.2.140
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18905, 21 January 1927, Page 16
Word count
Tapeke kupu
99AN EXPLOSION. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18905, 21 January 1927, Page 16
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in