A BLASTING FATALITY.
PREMATURE EXPLOSION,
[BY TELEGRAPH.—I'RKSS ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin, This Day. Thomas Reilly, employed on the construction works at Big Hill, on the Lawrence - Roxburgh railway, was tamping a blasting charge on Thursday, when the charge prematurely exploded., the hammer being driven into Reilly's forehead. The injuries proved fatal.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 432, 20 January 1912, Page 5
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49A BLASTING FATALITY. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 432, 20 January 1912, Page 5
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