MISHAP TO MINER
By Telegraph—Press Association.
EXPLOSION OF DETONATOR. SEVERE INJURIES TO HAND.
Waihi, Aug. 4. The tops of the thumb and forefinger of the left hand of Richard Gardiner Young, a married nian and a trucker in the Martha mine, were shattered when an explosion occurred as he was tapping sawdust round a detonator in a low level underground -yesterday. Amputation of the injured fingers was necessary. ,
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1937, Page 7
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68MISHAP TO MINER Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1937, Page 7
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