BLASTING ACCIDENT
Per Press Association.
ONE MAN KILLED, ANOTHER INJURED.
CHRISTCHURCH, Last night. Oue man was killed and another injiired in a blasting accident at Gebhie's Pass yesterday. _ The .man killed was John Hubber, widower, aged 53, employed by the P-ublie Works Department 011 a road at Gebhie's Ynlley. Hubber was 80 yards from the'spot where the gelignite was fired, but n J&rge piec-e of rock was thrown out which hit Hubber and caused severe internal iniuries, .He died an lipur and a half after tlie accident. John Dalv, ''who was ivorking with Hubber, was also struck hv a piece of rock, but was 'only bruised.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 169, 19 August 1929, Page 8
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106BLASTING ACCIDENT Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 169, 19 August 1929, Page 8
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