GERMAN MINE EXPLODES.
THREE MAORIS KILLED. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 22. On Monday morning throe Maoris, Edward WJiave and two brothers named Puhura,left Pukewera, a bluff between Port Waikato and Radian, to attend a sports meeting at Kanaka. They reached the mouth of the Waikouria oreek, and coincident with their arrival a farmer named Michael Ryan, living in the vicinity, heard a terrific explosion. Ryan saw a huge column of smoke rising from the direction of the sea front, and found fragments of three men and the three horses and harness scattered in all directions. Subsequently the police recovered the. remains. They also found pieces of steel and other metal, winch appeared to be part of a mine which, in exploding, made a huge hole in the beach. Deceased were identified from their clothing by other Maoris. it is presumed that the heavy weather recently experienced washed the mine ashore and that they were attempting to secure it when it exploded.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16421, 23 April 1919, Page 6
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162GERMAN MINE EXPLODES. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16421, 23 April 1919, Page 6
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