DELAYED EXPLOSION.
Relief Worker Seriously Injured. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 6. The explosion of a charge of gelignite caused serious injury to Cecil Courtney, aged thirty-two, single, at Hoeotainui, near Morrinsville, this afternoon. The injured man was in a single men’s relief camp and was employed with a number of others in removing stumps from the swamp. He inserted a charge of gelignite in a stump and then moved to a safe distance. As the charge did not explode within the prescribed time, he returned to the stump to investigate. He was in the act of withdrawing the gelignite when it exploded. Courtney received the force of the explosion in his face and chest. Both his eyes were injured and he was partially blinded. He suffered numerous small wounds on the face and chest, but none was very deep. He also received laceration of the left arm and suffered severely from shock. The injured man’s condition is fairly serious, although it is believed his eyesight will be saved. He is a brother of Father Courtney, Roman Catholic priest at Huntly.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20274, 7 April 1934, Page 10
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181DELAYED EXPLOSION. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20274, 7 April 1934, Page 10
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