ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
ACCIDENT IN BLASTING QUARRY Per Press (Association. Gisborne, January 6. A serious blasting accident occurred at Patutahi quarry this afteroon. James Green, foreman of the uarry, aged 40 years, married, and rehießugden, aged 30 years, single, ere putting in a charge on top of a 00ft. face, when a premature exploion took place, toppling both men ver the face, whence they rolled 200 down a slope. Both were badly at about and very seriously burned .y the. powder. It is feared that "Jreen will lose his eyesight.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 5, 7 January 1915, Page 7
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89ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 5, 7 January 1915, Page 7
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