DETONATOR FIRES.
»— ACCIDENTAL DEATH. (ffl'BS ASSSCUIIoie ilttokAU ) DANXEVIRKE, February 6. ■ An inquest was held at Whetukuri this afternoon by the Coroner, Mr Dobsort, into the death of Walter Edmond Berkhan, aged 24, single, who was found on Saturday morning dead on the soldiers' monument with his head badly injured. There- were indications that ho had been playing with a detonator, which had exploded, causing fatal injuries to the head. No One- wa» present when the explosion occurred. The Coroner returned * verdict that death wa* due t6 haemorrhegd caused by laceration of the brain, apparently owing to the explosion of a detonator held in his hand*.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18919, 7 February 1927, Page 8
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