SHATTERED BY DYNAMITE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9340, 8 January 1909, Page 6

SHATTERED BY DYNAMITE.

A terrible accident occurred at a fishing ground near the old jetty at Oarnavon, West Australia. Two young men, Duncan Mcßae and William Fleming, went out fishing in a'boafc, taking with them some plugs ofdynamite.. On arrival at the fishing ground Mcßae lighted the fuse attached to a plug of dynamite ; but was under the impression that it had not caught alight. Fleming shouted to him to throw it overboard, as it was alight, and at the same time knocked the plug out of Mcßae’s hand. The plug exploded simultaneously with the action* and Mcßae’s and Fleming’s right hands were shattered. In addition to this injury Mcßae’s face and eyes were considerably damaged and his cheat torn. Fleming managed to tie the injured wrists with fishing lines, and then the two men succeeded in reaching the shore, and made their way back to town, having to walk about a mile. On their arrival at the hospital the right arm of each man was amputated below tbe elbow, while Mcßae’s left eye was extracted. His right eye is thought to he injured, but his chest wounds are not serious.