DYNAMITE ACCIDENT.
TWO MEN SERIOUSLY INJURED.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
PALMERSTON-NORTH, this day.
At Shannon this morn * J. Coonea
and three other men were warming dynamite over a fire with 30 additional plugs in close proximity. The dynamite on the fire exploded, and the concussion also exploded the 30 plugs, resulting in Coonea having one leg broken, one side severely cut, and painful injuries inflicted on his head. Another man, whose name is not ascertainable, sustained concussion of the brain, and others were more or less injured. Two of the men were brought to the hospital this morning, and the full extent of their-injuries are not yet known. Cponea • was formerly a resident,of Dunedin.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 166, 14 July 1903, Page 5
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