AT THE CANNON'S MOUTH.
— -©> •* _; . MAN SHOCKINGLY INJURED. /
[FROM OX,"E OWN CORRESPONDENT.] - *•*■' Sydney, October .9., / A YOiTxo fellow named McKenzie, a aja*.;': dent at the Uallarafc (Tic. School?*!; Mines, was .shockingly injured by an'explosion of gunpowder yesterday. * He/anii;j several others were engaged loading art;;: old cannon, the object" being to fire ,4 round in honour of the visit to the school by the members of the Council of sdnca-| lion. McKenzie was ramming with ; art: iron rod, when the explosion occui;re(L He was standing partly in front of '.t>» muzzle, and in a direct line with $«;■! flame. The result was that ha-was. terribly injured about the face. The rod.. struck him or. the left hand, and : 'wuti*. : lated it to such an extent, that it had to ; be amputated. , His right eye baa-to-: be ■ removed, and his face wag- scophedt:; He is in a. critical condition. ,' / '•;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15123, 14 October 1912, Page 8
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145AT THE CANNON'S MOUTH. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15123, 14 October 1912, Page 8
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