EXPLOSION NEAR PENCARROW.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 4

EXPLOSION NEAR PENCARROW.

■;:•■•< -.■• '.■,••■■' ■■■<■■■ . - y. . ■ ' -■-:.-■■■ ( '■■■ ■;.'■■ .»(, •;■• -^Phohe; message Received byr'the ftt iil.ls.:a.m.;.yesferdaybrdugliti;tidings.o£ ft- •'■ Bad,fatality, at- a quarry near. Pencarrow, by' : which :a ?from. : the-Old Country, ■■: named-Aym.-Henry.Massey^mei '.his";;.dcat£" - through .being-buried.-iri a huge fall of about' 2000'tbus; xrf earthy at about-10;3.mW ; :?. ■yit;- : ..appeah:frdm'vtlie>report ; 'p£-.-'Cpnsiabie'---' ;qf/.tho■'.■fat•alityf.'■■■^t■ : v":test".-'a-!q^r^ey.'of/..(Jyii^jfe , ,iwUck"'.i : lia;d- ; V ; % his l mates account; but ;h&;took ho ;-Eotice iofithe./wara-W: ing.-.'. Owing-to: the"charge^accidentally";go-. : : • jng.'off,-: fall ;4QoOtyards>:; of; earth, : ivhich ;. completely); buried'Massey;')';"; The'otherjtwomen •jus'tisucceeded'ra^getting'-'.;: clear-in ;tnnei; to 'escape''being-'caugitfni:-the" ; : 'fall of earth;i ' : Massey was a : 'single.' mat»,:ahd ; i arrived;'-id..:New;iiZealafld;from,. England -in.'" ' November ■; last;: ; : v Hel; had-' beeh.vboarding '■ at ;■: ;the.'Dpif^sianr3ht^Lanibfon^Qiiay.?vg/: : -Vf "- yesterday-afternobn-Vrempving ithej':f alls: of earth,-and-10 more:were io^cojnnienceiworkv: ; laHinigtej'tho.mtention-bein'g'tflSprk'llught vbody;' .-'?■>? ' : . : 'Mf. Anstiri, proprietor of' 1 the-Don Rjstaniy, i'- : ;butis.r'eported'to"have-a'wi!t ;: ; ■owed.mother:in England^ :•'■ ■ ■'-'*-''"-••'"' ; ~'"i'--r:* -;' : '■ '■'. v-;<- *«V r -; Further-) details;'received;' 1 late Vlast.-nighi i' -curred ;,-belpngs . tp.j the ■ Bail way ..Department- i : ■ .• and , is situated .some'."distance; from, the'lighfriV-.'-■Kouse/.y-THe.-.mterial-.^liich'iiS.plteme^-from I '-?.. ■it:-is" .used; in ■connectiori' I witb;, ihfr.Hritt line ; : ' •■dupliwtioiii''';wpr£s. , of-.explosive weighing■-.about, aiten.was; Bet mJ' ;.bat':,efEoiti'to!set, it;off riwer'e^^unsuocess- ' : '- ,ful.';;.Massey,vwho',was; sent-.pver-jaltest^^ :the :V electric was'a;Hode^traiß^sleV; ; ; :tricw.ny l ,;wfio ;had been. ; : in-.the'emplby^oE :.the S -pe-^Hmeniifoi ; across iy^sferday.^mpmihg^ie'JconTersed^with. '?' ,Mr.;'l^:.lnßi^tof l of:PermanenC]ff^ ; ;whi>v .warted/:him.;iiqt'- / tt:;:aTO^i^h'iM:doWit^'^'-- r ''. .charge. : : M ".'reply; ■■Mttsseyisaid: ..'.'OK.'citJis: ;i .'aH;;rißht;'l^iyo]work^h;/rnaiMi'{^organV , ' ;and ; >LpugMui,-Kaccpm'panied ..'i tour ; ;pf -inspection;;;..vTOeij^-!hpweye'ijv'-they :; '&aw;Km : .'handlrag^ face,;6f\'the;;qnarry,v;.they;;;ii^mediafely': : -re- ■ .'treated. ''■ : ;;yrfiett;;thejvi£a;;gqtVt9;;aV-iMii|B;;du^ : . ; v : tahce, ithey :• '■: ther' : quarry l come.down, embedding.iMasseyii : ,Over' ;3p:"rienVa're\engage'd\m:jthe.^workV;df.-iec6yertaV : ' 'ingithp-.b'odyj^wliich-may.-not beicrajid vex- ■: ; haps;forSaiday pr,.two> ■Hi^r';'•■:A',' : : k: '■'. ■'■■■ "■