HAND LOST IN EXPLOSION
(Per Press Association.) MASTER TON, last night. While working with gelignite on a creek bed near Featherston this morning, Mr. J. L. Burt had the misfortune to lose his right hand. A mailman discovered the victim trying to reach help, and rushed him to Featherston, where his hand was amputated above the wrist.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18353, 22 March 1934, Page 7
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57HAND LOST IN EXPLOSION Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18353, 22 March 1934, Page 7
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