GELIGNITE EXPLOSION
Relief Worker Badly Injured By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 6. The explosion of a charge of gelignite caused serious injury to Mr Cecil Courtney, aged 32, single, at Hoo-o-Tainui, near Morrinsville, this after noon. The injured man was in the single men’s relief camp and was employed with a number of others in removing stumps from a swamp. He had inserted a charge of gelignite in a stump and had then moved to a safe distance. As the charge did not explode within the prescribed time, he returned to the stump to investigate. He was in the act of withdrawing the gelignite when it exploded. Mr Courtney received the force of the explosion in the face and chest. Both his eyes were injured, and he was partially blinded. He suffered numerous smsl! wounds on the face and chest, but nftne was very deep. He also received laceration of the left arm and suffered severely from shock. The injured man’s condition is fairly serious, although it is believed that his eyesight will be saved. He is a brother of Father Courtney, Roman Catholic priest at Huntly.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 97, 7 April 1934, Page 9
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