TUNNEL FATALITY.
INQUEST OPENED AND ADJOURNED. Auckland, Nov. 24. An inquest was opened this afternoon on the victim of the tunnel disaster Owen Ward. Evidence was given by Frederick William Barrett, shift foreman, who said the fall of rock occurred on a roof facing, the weight of rocks breaking the set of timber. “I think Ward tried to get away, but the rock caught him,” he said. “I was close at the time. There was no warning of the fall. The workmen began at once to get Ward out. This took 20 minutes. The place did not look dangerous and no accident of the kind was anticipated. ” Robert Little, tunneller, said the deceased was about 45 years of age. He was an excellent worker and a practi cal man. Everything possible was done to get him free. The inquest was adjourned.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XV, Issue 202, 25 November 1925, Page 5
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