ARAPUNI TRAGEDY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 31, 6 February 1925, Page 8

ARAPUNI TRAGEDY.

THE DEATH OF A WORKMAN. THE INQUEST OPENED. iffy TelKgraph.—Own Correspondent.l PUTARURU, Thursday. An inquiry into the death of Charles Russell, killed by a- fall of rock at Arapuni on Wednesday evening, xvas opeDcd io-nigbt by Mr. J. W. Barrbrown, J.P., and a jury. Evidence of identification and medical evidence were iaken. John T. Wilson described the accident. He added that on the previous day he heard the. foreman, Butler, say that this part icular spot was unsafe. A man xvas then working there, driving a hole, but this man xvas taken down against Mr. Butler's ad vice. Mr. I'ortas (representing the South British Insurance Company): To xvliat do yon attribute the accident. The Witness (after some hesitation): To absolute carelessness. The New- Zealand Workers' Union representative, Mr. l.avis, objected to this question, reiterating a previous request that an adjournment be granted to give sufficient time for the parlies to prepare for the inquest. An adjournment to Tuesday morning was granted. The ambulance left Arapuni with the injured man, David Morgan, at about nine o'clock on Wednesday night for the XVaikato Hospital. Although a motor car preceded tbe ambulance to shoxx- it the way, the ambulance took a wrong turning and went for It Ulilps ouf % its xvay before the error was discovered. Ihe hospital was not reached until midright, but the sufferer did pot appear to be. any the worse for the long journey Be is now doing welL _____