SERIOUS DYNAMITE ACCIDENT AT WAIORONGOMAI.
[BY TEl.KiaiAl'll. —OWN ('■ >KKKsl*i)N‘l >KN r.J Tk Akoha, IVnl.iy. Thbkk men, nani'td Tbonius Sell, (o:oige Kfiid and Benjamin Mill, working at tint Colonist mine, worn pointing thoir in the smithy, and whil.-t in tlic act of plunging them in the water tub, a terrific explosion occurred, throwing them to tin; ground with great force, and causing great dainaee to the building. It is stippo.-ed the cause of tile accident is that some nitro-clycerine may have escaped into the tub from a cm of dynamite that was being softened on the previous day, and with which the heated pick came in contact. The injured in n were promptly attended to. Scott's injuries are not very serious, but Read is in a critical state. Hill escaped with only slight injury.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2376, 1 October 1887, Page 2
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133SERIOUS DYNAMITE ACCIDENT AT WAIORONGOMAI. Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2376, 1 October 1887, Page 2
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