EXPLOSION OF A BOILER
MINE POWERHOUSE WRECKED ENGINE DRIVER’S LEG MANGLED. CAUSE OF TROUBLE UNKNOWN. By Tolcewmli—Press Association. Greymouth, Last Night. The dome of one of the boilers at the State coal mines powerhouse at Rewanui exploded at 3.30 p.m. to-day and caused serious injury to George Gardiner, an engine-driver. The explosion forced the boiler two feet forward, pinning Gardiner by one leg and wrecking the powerhouse. It required two hours to extricate Gardiner, whose leg was very severely mangled. He was taken to hospital at about 8.15 p.m. An inspection of the boiler after the explosion did not reveal deterioration in any of the plates, and the cause of the explosion as yet is unknown. Further inspection will be made in daylight tomorrow.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1928, Page 12
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