ACCIDENT FROM DYNAMITE.
(United Press Association)
biVETOARGM,, Septombor, 7. An alarming accident ooaurred on tho unemployed section of the Seaward Bneh Line yeafcorday. A man named Patrick Hogan was softening dynamite in warm water (or tho purpoaa of blowing up tree stumps, and was in the act of attaching a cap, when the matter exploded. Fortunately Hojan missed th'o direct forco of the charge, but it Bent a lot of tin utensils tying tvboofc the hut, and Hozan was seriously eat .about the face and arm. Pi» trouaer* were completely torn off, but oddly without injuring tho skin. He hai been removed to the Hojpital, and is doing well.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2394, 8 September 1886, Page 2
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109ACCIDENT FROM DYNAMITE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2394, 8 September 1886, Page 2
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