A HIDDEN DANGER.
(To the Editor.) Sir, —It is most opportune, I think, to refer to a rumour that when dredging was in operation at the Railway wharf a great deal of unexploded gelignite, gelatine, and electric detonators came up with the debris. If this be correct, and, I state it subjunctively, no doubt more must be lying at the bottom of the wharf —which does not present a very pleasant aspect. At the Panama Canal, many charges were left by the French operators, and years after they had ceased to work the Americans came in contact with the unexploded material, with most fatal consequences. Nothing is more dangerous to life and property than to have nitro compounds submerged in circumstances where pressure and force may come in contact with them.—l am etc, PRO BONO PUBLICO.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 31, 5 February 1910, Page 9
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136A HIDDEN DANGER. Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 31, 5 February 1910, Page 9
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