FATAL BLASTING ACCIDENT
MAN STRUCK BY LARGE ROCK
By Telegraph—Press Association
Christchurch, Last NightOne man was killed and another in* jured in a blasting accident at Gebbics Pass yesterday. The man killed was John Hubber,- a widower, aged 53, ’ employed by the Public Works Department on the road at Gebbies Valley. Hubber was 80 yards from the spot where the gelignite was fired, but a large piece of rock was thrown out which, hit Hubber, causino- severe internal Injuries. He died an° hour and a-half after the accident. John Daly, who was working with Hubber, was also struck by a piece of rock but was only bruised. \...
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1929, Page 9
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