UNLUCKY FARMER
SERIES OF MISHAPS
INJUREO IN EXPLOSION
(By 'Telegraph—Press Association.)
PAHIATUA,.This Day
A Konini farmer, Mr. Job Mabey, had a remarkable escape from death yesterday afternoon while engaged in splitting trees with the aid of a patent gun device. He had inserted the gun in a log and was about to light the fuse when suddenly there was a terrific explosion at his. side which set fire to his.coat and burned his face,
arms, and wrists extensively. Mr. Mabey's son, who was standing beside him, escaped the force of the explosion. He had his father taken to a doctor, who ordered his removal to hospital.
At t'rist it was believed that the gun had exploded prematurely, but an examination revealed that the charge was intact and it is believed that Mr. Mabey inadvertently dropped a match or held one too close to an opened tin containing three pounds, of blasting powder.
The injured man and his family have been most'unfortunate this year. Their home was damaged by the hurricane a few months ago when Mr. Mabey was hurled from the roof of a shed by the .wind and suffered broken ribs. Then the. house was burned down, and later both his wife and daughter took ill and were sent to hospital. Mr. Mabey is now considered to be out of danger.
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Evening Post, Issue 126, 29 May 1936, Page 10
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222UNLUCKY FARMER Evening Post, Issue 126, 29 May 1936, Page 10
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