SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
THREE MAORIS BLOWN TO
PIECES
GERMAN MINK EXPLODES
(Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 22. On Monday morning three Maoris, —Edward Whare, ami two brothers named i Jnhura—left Pukewera—a bluit between Port Waikato and Raglan—to attend a. sports meeting at Karaka. They reached the mouth of the Waikourin creek, and, coincident with their arrival, a fanner named Michael Ryan, living in the vicinity, heard a terrific explosion. Rushing out to investigate, Uyan saw a huge column of smoke rising from the direction of the eeafront. Here he found fragments of tLT-ee men and their three horses. The harness was scattered in all directions. Subsequently the police recovered the remains. Tiiey~atso< iound pieces pi steel and other metal which appeared to be part of a mine which, in exploding, had made a huge nole m the beach. The deecased were identified from their clothing by other Maoris. V. is presumed the heavy weather recently experienced swept a mine ashore, and that the natives were attempting to recover it when it exploded.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17552, 23 April 1919, Page 5
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171SHOCKING TRAGEDY. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17552, 23 April 1919, Page 5
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