COLLAPSE OF A WALL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 81, 16 January 1928, Page 4

COLLAPSE OF A WALL.

DEATH OF TWO MEN. OPENING OF THE INQUEST.. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, January 15, Evidence of identification was < before the Coroner (Mr E. D. Mosley,S.M.) on Saturday, morning, when an. inquest was. opened-touching the death . of the two men who were fatally injured on Friday, when a timber kiln ■ collapsed in the yards, of C. E. Utley, Ltd., Madras Street. The victims were Mr Charles ■\Y illiam; Nixon, married, aged 56, and Mr George William Clark, married,. aged fiS Mr Burns appeared for the relativesr of the deceased, Clark, Mr W. JWakehn for the Labour Department, and Mr E. C. Sutcliffe for the Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners' Union, of which the men were members. - John Nixon identified" the .body or Nixon as that of He was a married man, living with his wife at Kilmore Street, and had been a_ carpenter employed by C. E. Otley, Ltd. Frederick George -Clark, stationmaster at Wcolston, identified the,body of Clark as that of his father. He had' lived with his wife at George 1 Street, Now Brighton, and had been a foreman carpenter employed by OE Otley Ltd., having' been loaned tothat firm by P. G. Graham and Sons. "I will adjourn the inquest sine die,so that the police can make inquiries, said the Coroner. ,=,,".'. . • V„. Mr Sutcliffe: "I should like to maketwo requests: One, that nothing beinterfered with on the site of-the ac--cident for a few days; and the other that you make a personal inspection of the site." . ~ ~ "W----"I intend to inspect the site, said the Coroner. •.■ ' it .„.. "The reason for these requests will appear later," Mr Sutcliffe said. . "I will view .the site this morning, said the Coroner. -"As for the otherrequest, if it is made because.the sitemay be insoected by, an inspector I■. t might see my way to direct that nothing be done til] Monday, but it it is for any other' reason, \ can t seemy way clear.' 1 ' Mr Sutcliffe: "I have been m communication with the Inspector of Scaffolding, and there is a doubt as towhether the Scaffolding Excayation Aet, or the Factories Act, touches-, >» •■. ' <'Or no Act ?" said the Coroner. ■■" Oh yes, I am surq we will getthere somewhere/' said Mr Sutchfte. The Coroner said that the inspectors would be given a chance to see tne site before the material was removed. They would, in, fact see jt to-day. There was no necessityfor the worKto be held up for several days. It is a verv serious thing that two men should be killed," he said, 'but the business of the country should not bo held up unless there is a good reason for it." .J: „ Mr Sutcliffe: "That is so.' Later in the morning, the Coronei - visited the site of the fatality m company with Mr Sutcliffe, Mr Wakehn, and'lnspector Bowling.