BRIDGE PIER COLLAPSES
A WORKMAN KILLED. By Telegraph—Press association. □annevlrke, April 16. An inquest was held to-day in connection with the death of John who was killed at the Mangatawaiiti Bridge on Friday. Tho evidence showed that deceased was stripping the casing off a green concrete pier, when the pier collapsed, deceased being buried under the concrete in the space between the casing holding the bank and that holding the pier. Tlie pier had only been put into position on the day prior to the accident. The opinion of witnesses was that an earthquake the same evening damaged it to such an extent as to cause it to collapse. The Coroner returned a verdict that death was caused through fracture of the skull.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 179, 17 April 1923, Page 8
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