MAN BLOWN IN PIECES.
(per press association.) KUMAR A, June 27. John Barrett, miner, was killed yesterday whilst softening some, dynamite at the forge in a claim at Dillman’s Town. Both of his legs were blown off above the knees, both arms shattered, right eye gone, and breast riddled. He never spoke and died in a few minutes. A year ago deceased had a narrow escape from the same cause, the forge being blown to atoms. An inquest will be held this afternoon.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1052, 27 June 1883, Page 3
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83MAN BLOWN IN PIECES. Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1052, 27 June 1883, Page 3
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