ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES
~ EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE. United Press Association—Per Ekctrio Telegraphs-Copyright. T LONDON; May 1. While unpacking oxygen cylinders- for a lantern lecture at Winterthur School, Switzerland, an explosion occurred, killing an attendant and seriously injuring a num- ; ber of students. _■' P«r Press Association. THAMES, May. 2. William Robinson, who was working in tfee bosh, at Hikutaia near the Thames/ met "with a serious-accident. He was thrown from a waggon, the wheels- of which went over the lower'part of his>:body.His thigh, was broken and also dislocated,and he' sustained" other injuries. "Mr Jenkins, the victim of the recent [ blasting' accident,- is still in the hospital. [The sight -".of- one eye has been saved. [Mr McConneD, the other man has ref covered completely.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12669, 3 May 1905, Page 3
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