GELIGNITE EXPLOSION
WORKER SEVERELY INJURED. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 6. The explosion of a charge of gelignite caused a serious injury to Cecil Courtney, aged 32, single, at Hoe-o-Tainui, near Morrinsville, this afternoon.
The injured man was in a 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. Ho was in the act of withdrawing the gelignite when it exploded. Courtney received the force of the explosion in the face and chest. Both his eyes wore injured, and be was partially blinded. He suffered numerous small wounds on the face and chest, hut none 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 his eyesight will be saved. Flo is a brother of Father Courtney, Roman Catholic priest at Huntly.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 109, 7 April 1934, Page 4
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183GELIGNITE EXPLOSION Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 109, 7 April 1934, Page 4
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