PREMATURE EXPLOSION
MAN FATALLY INJURED STRUCK BY FALLING ROCK (Peb United Pbess Association) CHRISTCHURCH, November 15, Two men were injured when a premature explosion occurred in Halswdl quarries this morning. One, John Joseph Quill, quarry foreman, was struck by a falling rock, and admitted to hospital with severe injuries to the face and chest, and he died this afternoon. The other man, G. Edwards, was struck on the leg by flying rock. He also is in hospital. The accident 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 $n a hole 12 feet up the face. Quill was tamping the shot in when it exploded. The vibration brought down sis 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 widow .>r with a grown-up family. Both are experienced quarrymen.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22421, 16 November 1934, Page 10
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