Explosion of Dynamite.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 166, 19 June 1883, Page 3

Explosion of Dynamite.

LffJßVßOAH'diffiii; 11 . Jutfe 1 17 i. *'"' ' A blacksmith's* shop at the Gr^en 'liam *''fc[uar'ry '', f %a a : yesterday thS^^cen'e df^an'lncidWt «<rf^^flartlinjf character. Tber-facts are as follow l — iJynknlitie 'is n6yr Yeiy lafgbljr 'employed m the work of--qfrariyihg, lo aiici ! before being used harto undergo a softeniin)? r p^otef f^oJeffecttbis^y^tJaf practice is to filaco .the> explosive m a tin, and then i>ut~that m a large vessel containjo^ hpp stratop.l QOtf ThurKlay> night the foreman m charge of the woriks> did this with a number .of cartridges Buffiicent fp^ 1 a; large< jbpt- ;on /Fridaymorning. that a fire wou|d<r not be required m the : <?rge that day» the foreniab 0 ,' on 1 going "to" work, left! a -can— containing the dynamite on tjhe hearth--.Atimidday f <theM men went ttp dinner, and one^pt them took advantage interval fto to^tb^ io/ge p ofjer ißtdo a job x f6rihiroself. "Fbt^this purpose he lighted^a fire, having "first put. the can with. the dynamite on, one side. After ne had finished he says hn< eitingrjifebed trie fir6' aba returned .[tie 'caritotlie' hfeartb, H'Um^neeSdtAj that-ft" ridmtW-l&f® warm. - f '^ik 'at is^ctf" Byrore^the l man u qe'ft the_ bui'ding a terriflSc explosion : bciduite^. •The rJlgc&wa* 'HterallybTown to' feHre^fe; bits of its framework' being'^seilt^'disfan6e'J of eJ I [ OG While a 1 > dinferilar to earr the' occapant : of f he shop-escaped without a scratchy —but aj youngf manTSmed r Jam.es IMoHardy,, who Vnff standing ati;ne uoor, Vas struck^ 3feg o <ffi§;?/ t t Jl%*B^ters ls and i ,recaijeji 1 aereral cats about his nead and face, from which L bidod Ofeuhe frfeely. A man named HaberfielH^' t standing outside, so ceHpttßoJaß46^equirecinedical treatment. McHardy if wja6 brought to town, by train, and taken to the hospital, where his injuries were dressed. He is dow doing well. At the time the explosion occurred", the foreman was at dinner, and quite unaware of the doingb of jM^nbfirdmate* .#Jf.iGo»x^. findj; ing there are . specially constructed veßsels-^^repaYing-dyriairii^e for use, has-obtained one, and- forwarded it -tp |hp^ttagy. a Ym A j-.a \