FATAL FALL
IVIAN WITH EXPLOSIVE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
DUNTEDIN, January 10
A. S. Penman, single, aged 39, a railway casual worker, residing in Milton was killed almost instantaneously in Clarendon this afternoon as the result of an explosion which blew to pieces a shelter shed in which he was working .with a companion, C. Watt, who, with the exception of a few minor bruises, escaped injury.
Messrs. Watt and Penman, both casual workers, were in tbe shed at about 1.45 fitting fuse to caps. Mr. Penman, who had an auger in his hand, was walking out the door when he tripped and fell, the auger striking a cap and exploding it. Three or four sticks of eruptive explosive in the shed also exploded.
Mr. Watt holds a certificate for firing explosives and Mr. Penman usually worked with him.'
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 8, 11 January 1939, Page 15
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138FATAL FALL Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 8, 11 January 1939, Page 15
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