EXTRAORDINARY FATALITY.
Newspaper Reporter Killed Instantaneously.
\By Telegraph— i J >-ess Association).
Dunebik, This Day.
The members of the Otago Harbour Board and visitors went down to the Heads, yesterday afternoon, to inspect the works and witness a big blast. The blast consisted of 8001bs of gun powder in a drive 40ft long. The blast blew out, sending a shower of stones along the jetty. Mr F. A. Joseph, reporter of the Otago Daily Times, was hit on the head and killed instantaneously ; Mr E. G. Allen, M.H.R., was wounded on the ankle, though not seriously ; and Mr Patrick Ryan was struck with a stone and had his arm broken.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7678, 30 January 1904, Page 6
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110EXTRAORDINARY FATALITY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7678, 30 January 1904, Page 6
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