EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE.
Fifty-four Men Killed. Press Association. —Copyright. Pketobia, March 30. A serious explosion of dynamite occurred yesterday at the Drietfontein Consolidated Mine, on the Baud. j The men employed m the mine were j being mustered, when two cases of dyna- | mite exploded with terrific force. j Four*whites and fifty natives _ were > killed, and throe whites and sixteen ; natives injured. It is surmised that the explosion was caused through some natives tampering with the dynamite.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8776, 2 April 1907, Page 2
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77EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8776, 2 April 1907, Page 2
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