FALL OF STONE AT QUARRY
* DAMAGE TO MACHINERY I (.PRESS ASSOCIATION' TELSGHAM.) ! GREYMOUTH, April 27. I A fall of approximately 200 tons of; stone from the main face at the east! end of the Cobden quarry at 5.15 this j morning crashed against a steam i shovel used in excavating spoil from I the quarry. j The shovel, which was valued at £ISOO, and was capable of lifting 60 tons hourly, was completely wrecked, i receiving the full force of the stone on its side. The heavy '.viler was hurled a distance of 24 feet. i Kad the stone come down while the men were working at the quarry, a dozen would have been trapped, as they worked yesterday right under the 180-foot main face.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21148, 26 April 1934, Page 12
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