INJURY TO TWO MEN
ACCIDENT WHILE BLASTING. BOTH STRUCK IN THE CHEST. By Telegraph—Press Association. Invercargill, Last Night. While engaged in blasting operations on the Te Anau—Milford Sound road on Saturday morning two men were injured by flying pieces of rock: They were admitted to the Southland hospital in the afternoon. Francis Claude Haydon, aged 34 and single, was struck on the chest by a large piece of rock and his injuries are stated to be serious. Edward McPherson, aged 32 and single, also suffered chest injuries, but in his case they are in-the nature of smaller abrasions, and his condition is reported as satisfactory.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 December 1934, Page 5
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