ELECTROCUTED IN MINE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 22, 27 January 1944, Page 6

ELECTROCUTED IN MINE

P.A. WHANGAREI, Jan. 26. An inquest into the death of William Wellington M'Conie, who was found dead in the Hikurangi mine, where he was engaged as a trucker, revealed that he was electrocuted in what the coroner described as a combination of extraordinary circumstances.

Apparently an empty skip had run away and • left the line, jamming the electric cable against a prop and pulling out the terminals in' the junction box. The cable with .the earth wire then became alive, and M'Conie on going to the derailed skip must have put a hand on the earth wire on the junction box. Close to where the body lay was a kink in the earth wire, which could have been caused by M'Conie's hand.

The verdict was death by electrocution.

A penally of $1 each was inflicted by .-Mr.- ; \W. C. Harley, S.M., on iour» people*, charged -at Petone .yesterday; with rfia'ilinje-to renew radio licences^ '

Projected Departure*. Foxton, Patea, today. , Tlroa, Patea, today. Nlkau, southern ports, today. Wairau, Blenheim, today. Holmdale, 'Wanganui, today v ' \ Waipiata,.'"Auckland, today.. Waiana, Lyttelton, today. ■"..••- Karu, Lyttelton, today. Kartigi, Westport, today. - ' ; ■' Poolta; Westport,; today. Storm, Lyttelton and Tlmaru, -today. Te Aroha, Westport and Karamea, today. Waipiata, Auckland, today. Matangi, "Nelson, today, 7.30 p.m. Koau, Tarakohe, January 28. Inaha, Patea,'January 28. Pukeko, Lyttelton/January 28. Talisman, French Pass and Nelson, January-. 28. ...■■■"■■■-: Tamaliine, Picton, January 28. Arahura, Nelson, January 28. . VVainul, Napier, January 31. Holmdale, Dunedln and Oamaru, January 31. Kalcapo, Lyttelton, February 1. : Walmarino, Auckland,, February 2. • Tamahine, Picton, rebruary;2. ■ : rf