FATAL EXPLOSION.
TWO MEN .KILLED. By Telegraph—Press Association. DUNEDIN, February 9. During 1 blasting operations at Milburn, to-day, a shot explodea prema - turely. Two men were killed and three injured. .
LATER PARTICULARS. DUNEDIN, February 9. The blasting accident happened at the Milburn Cement Works. A charge suddenly exploded, burying beneath the mass of rock John Fyffe (an employee, who was recovered quite dead)., and William Casserly, another young man, who died from the effects of the injuries. Three other employees were injured.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8356, 11 February 1907, Page 7
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82FATAL EXPLOSION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8356, 11 February 1907, Page 7
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