FATALITIES.
j XHec Press ‘Association.) I -r-r f ' Waihi, Saturday, j Harold Penno, a well-known bandsman, J was killed in the Waihi mine to-day. He { was putting up a cribbing in a paes 100 I feet above No 6 level. The timber col--1 lapsed, bringing with it a quantity of mul* j j lock. Penno was hurled 100 feet to the J bottom, and was smothered by the falling material. * He was a married man. ■ Picton, Saturday. Hart Bros., during blasting operations, waited half an hour for a charge to es* piode, and then William, aged 2S, and. Abraham, 24, began boring to withdraw it. James, 14, was soma distance away. Shortly after they began work an explosion took place. Part of Abraham’s head and one arm were blown off. Ho died . - mediately. William had bis breast bone shattered and shoulder broken. Young James was faco, and tbo doctor took both at the hoe., pital. Both are in state* Their father and- just returning to the spot witiTy. : tbo axploaioa occurred. * ? t . : 7 rd
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1390, 27 February 1905, Page 2
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174FATALITIES. Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1390, 27 February 1905, Page 2
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