MINING ACCIDENT.
Another of those powder accidents which, unfortunately, are becoming so frequent on this field, occurred in the Caledonian mine this morning. Three men were hurt, one of them seriously. The facts of the case are simply as follow* : — J. Norton, J. Tauner, and W. Turner, three men belonging to a pany of contractors, who were following the lode at the bottom level of the mine towards the Otago, were engaged in the dangerous and stupid, operation of boring-out a shot that had missed fire. Norton held the drill, and Tanner wielded the hammer, whilst Turner stood a short distance back in the drive and looked on. Suddenly the charge exploded and blew away the rock about the mouth of the hole, and the fragments sorely wounded Tanner, cutting him all over the body from head to foot. He looked as if he had been riddled by small shot. Morton, who held the drill, only had his hands burnt, whilst Tanner was struck in the forehead by either the drill or a flying piece of rock, and received an ugly but not dangerous wound. He was attended to by Dr. Trousseau, and then taken to the hospital, where Tanner had preceded him. The latter is very much burnt about the head and face, but it is not thought that his eyesight will be materially injured.— [Thames Correspondent.]
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4354, 29 July 1871, Page 2
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228MINING ACCIDENT. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4354, 29 July 1871, Page 2
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