MECHANIC KILLED

Grey River Argus, 20 October 1936, Page 3

MECHANIC KILLED

At Blackball Mine FALL INTO COAL SCREEN. A' fatality occurred at the Blackball foal Mine Proprietary Co.-npa’i;.- s binns, at Blackball, yesterday afternoon, rhe victim being .Lames 'Wilson Douglas, single, 35 years of age, ami a native of Kirkaldy. Scotland. Deceased, who is o mechanic, in charge of the coal washing machine, was found dead under the revolving screen There was no external injury, but a medical examination disclosed a fractured skull, which was the cause o r death, this injury having being caused when deceased fell into the screen. There was, however, no eye-witnesses to the accident. 'The fatality was discovered by Messrs B. F. Connors and B. ‘.James the last-named applying artificial respiration without success. Dr. H. Hutson was soon on the scene, but could only pronounce life extinct. Deceased, who had r esided in the Dominion for the past twenty years, m survived by one brother, Dlr David Douglas, of Waiuta, .and by his father and sister, who reside in Scotland,

An inquest will be opened at Black ball this afternoon.

The funeral will take place to-mor row afternoon.