GELIGNITE EXPLOSION
THE AUCKLAND FATALITY ACCIDENT ON DRAINAGE WORKS. [Par Pres* Association.) ' AUCKLAND, Nov. 1. A verdict of accidental death was returned by Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the inquest concerning the death of George Hamilton McMahon, of Morningside, who died in the Auckland Hospital as the result of injuries received in a premature explosion of gelignite, i Deceased had been employed by the Mount Albert Borough Council and was engaged in a tunnel. He was working an electric drilling machine and boring rock in preparation for blasting, when the explosion occurred.
J. Newton, Government inspector said, he was satisfied that the men engaged in boring were competent, and that the cause of the fatality was a premature explosion of gelignite.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19271103.2.38
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19988, 3 November 1927, Page 6
Word Count
122GELIGNITE EXPLOSION Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19988, 3 November 1927, Page 6
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in