LYTTELTON.
Saturday.
An accident occurred at the harbor reclamation works this afternoon. One of the workmen, William Wearing, was engaged in charging a hole in the face of the rock with an iron scraper when the charge exploded. The man was blown about three chains from the spot where the accident occurred, his body falling into the water. His death was instantaneous.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2818, 25 February 1878, Page 2
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62LYTTELTON. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2818, 25 February 1878, Page 2
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