FATAL MINE EXPLOSION.
THREE MAORIS KILLED
Auckland, April 22
On Monday morning three Maoris, one named Edward Whare, and two brothers named Puhura, left Pukewera, a blull between Port Waikato and Raglan, to attend u sports meeting at Karaka. They reaebed the mouth of (lie Wnikouria, (.'reek, and, coincident with their arrival, a fanner named Michael Ryan, living in the vicinity, heard a lerritle explosion. Rushing out to investigate, Mr Ryan saw a huge column of. smoke rising .from tho direction of the seafront. Here he found the fragments of the three men and their three horses. The harness was scattered in all directions. Subsequently (he police recovered (be remains. ■ They also found pieces of steel ami other metal, which appeared to be part of a. mine, which in exploding made u huge hole in the bench. The deee-' used were identified from their clothing by other Maoris. It is presumed that the heavy weather recently experienced swept the mine ashore, and that the Na.tives were attempting to recover it when it exploded.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1968, 24 April 1919, Page 2
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173FATAL MINE EXPLOSION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1968, 24 April 1919, Page 2
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