BLASTING ACCIDENT
MAN HURLED DOWN QUARRY
ifly Telegraph- Per Press Association.)
Christchurch, June n
A premature explosion, during blasting operations at the Hal swell Quarries, caused Frederick Joseph Sparks, aged 50, to be hurled down the slope from the top of the quarry. He was-Admitted to the hospital with a broken arm, and three broken ribs,; and- suffering from severe shock. A gang of men had placed a. shot in the face of rook-, to ; which-Sparks was allotted the duty; ; of firing the charge. Before Sparks got clear, the charge. fired unexpectedly, and he was; hurled down with a mass of rock. Fortunately, he was not carried io the bottom of the quarry.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19300610.2.23
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1930, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
113BLASTING ACCIDENT Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1930, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. 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 the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in