ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
(Press Association.) DUNEDIN. This day. By an explosion at Fox's quarry, Glen road, Caversham, between 8 and 9 this morning, a man was killed and one was seriously injured. Later. The Glen quarry accident was caused by a blast which misfired yesterday going off this morning. Wm. Raynham, killed, was married with four children. William Dick, single, was wounded. Two men, King and Finerty, who were working on the stamper, were thrown into the air, and escaped with a few scratches. William Dick, the second victim of the blasting accident, died in the hospital at noon. The body of T. Smith, supposed to be a Naval Reserve man, was found in the upper harbour to-day. -Bush Advocate, 20/12/1906.
Funeral Notices
The Friends of Mr WILLIAM DICK are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of his late son, WILLIAM ROBERT, which will leave his Residence, Seal Point road. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), the 23nd inst., at 1 o'clock, for the Portobello Cemetery. HUGH GOURLEY. Undertaker, Clarke and Maclaggan streets. -Otago Daily Times, 21/12/1906.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN A QUARRY,
TWO CARTERS KILLED.
Soon after the men started carting soil and rock from the Glen quarry to the railway embankment at Sidey's bridge, on the Main South road, yesterday morning, a lamentable accident took place by which a carter named William Raynor lost his life, and another carter, William Dick, sustained injuries from which he died later in the day. The men with others were loading drays near the Main road, beneath a shoulder of rotten rock, into which a shot had been put on the previous evening, but which had missed fire. H. King (foreman) and James Finnerty were at work at about 8.40 on top of the shoulder, about 20ft; from the floor of the quarry, drawing the useless charge, when, for some reason that may be explained to the coroner's jury, the shot went off unexpectedly, carrying the men on top down to the bottom with the falling earth, and unfortunately burying Raynor and Dick beneath an avalanche of rotten rock. The former was completely entombed under many tons of debris, and his death must have been instantaneous. Dick was crushed severely about the lower part of his body, though a third man, working with the injured two, was lucky enough to jump clear of the falling mass. Dr Gordon Macdonald and Constable Martin, the latter stationed at Caversham, were at once summoned by telephone, and the work of extricating the two men was soon accomplished. Raynor's body was removed to the Morgue, and Dick was taken in the ambulance waggon to the Hospital. Raynor was about 43 years of age, and lived with his wife and family of four in Melbourne street, South Dunedin. Dick, who was quite a young man, and single, resided at Sandymount.
The Glen quarry is Presbyterian Church property, leased by Mr Hugh Fox. The injured men were in the employ of Mr Allan Johnstone, who has a contract with the Government for supplying earth to form the embankment for widening the railway at Caversham Rise.
An inquest will be held on the body of the deceased men to-day. -Otago Daily Times, 21/12/1906.
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