PREMATURE BLAST
TWO MEN INJURED FOREMAN PARTIALLY BURIED [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, November 15Two men were injured when a premature explosion oeurred in Hallswell quarries this morning. One, John Quill, quarry foreman, was struck by a falling rock, and admitted to hospital with severe injuries to the face and chest. His condition is serious. The other man, G. Edwards, was struck on the leg by flying rock. He also is in hospital. The acciden.t happened at 11 o clock when the men’were preparing a charge. Quill was standing on a pile of loose stone, and was loading the shot in a hole twelve feet up the face. Quill was tamping the shot in when it exploded. The vibration brought down six tons of rock, most of which fell about Quill. Edwards was struck by flying rock. Quill was half buried under the rock. He is a middle-aged; man,-a. widower with a grown-up family. Both are experienced quarry men.
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Evening Star, Issue 21878, 15 November 1934, Page 8
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159PREMATURE BLAST Evening Star, Issue 21878, 15 November 1934, Page 8
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