HAND BLOWN OFF.
(By Telegraph.—l'ress Association.) MASTERTON, Wednesday.
While working with gelignite on a creek bed near Featherston this morning Mr. J. L. Burt had the misfortune to lose his right hand as the result of an explosion. A mailman discovered Mr. Burt trying to reach help and rushed him to Featherston, where the hand was amputated above tho wrist.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 69, 22 March 1934, Page 10
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