ACCIDENTS IN MINES.
MAN SERIOUSLY' INJURED. . fBT TELEQBAEa— PBES3 ASSOCIATION.] WAIHI, This Day. T. Franklin, a miner employed at the Grand Junction mme 1 , was seriously injured through the premature explosion of a charge of gelignite fracturing his left arm, and necessitating amputation. A miner named Faulder, employed in the Waihi mine, had a narrow escape. After firing the fuse of a charged hole he was knocked down by a piece of quartz falling from the roof overhead. However, he managed to crawl behind a pile of dirt, thus escaping the full effect of the flying stone which followed the explosion.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 90, 18 April 1911, Page 7
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101ACCIDENTS IN MINES. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 90, 18 April 1911, Page 7
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