BLASTING FATALITY.
HOKITIKA, June 12. t Charles Clerkin, about 40 years of age, was killed this afternopiw He w^is engaged blasting a big log>oii tlie be»c'h/ and on a report be ng heard two other men similarly engaged ran up to the scene and foimdiClerkiii -with? his.skull fractured in two places. Death jriust have been instantaneous. Deceased was wellvand: favourably inpwri,.; and, although a single man, greatly helped to support his widowed mother. , :
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12240, 14 June 1909, Page 5
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73BLASTING FATALITY. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12240, 14 June 1909, Page 5
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