DYNAMITE ACCIDENT.
(BV TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION) Paljierston North, Last Mght. At Shannon this morning J. Coonea and three other men were warming dynamite over a fire, with 30 additional plugs in close proximity. The dynamite on the fire exploded, and the concussion ulso exploded the thirty plugß, resulting in Coonea having one leg broken, one side severely cut, and painful injuries inflicted on his head. Another man, whose name ia not ascertainable, sustained concussion of the brain, and others are more or less injured. Two of the men were brought to the hospital this morning, hut the full extent of their injuries is not yet known. Coonea was formerly a resident of Dunedin.
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Waikato Argus, Volume XV, Issue 6018, 15 July 1903, Page 2
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