THE SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT AT DUNEDIN.
« [united press association.] Dunedin, May 6. An inquest was held to-day respecting the death of Robert Kirkwood, a carpenter, who was working on the scaffolding at Herbert, Haynes and Co.'s new building. The evidence of William Lodge, a carpenter, who was working on the scaffolding at the time, was to the effect that deceased, witness, and two others who fell, put up the scaffolding. The plank which broke was of Oregon pine, 11 inches by 8 and 24 feet long. There was a knot m it at the point of fracture that could not be seen from the outside. The scaffolding had been up for about a month, and there had been much more weight on it on former oooasions than when it broke. The jury, after a short retirement, returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased was accidentally killed, but that there was no evidence as to the reason why the scaffolding gave way. The jury could not say that there was any blame attaching to anyone. The building, it may be stated, is being put up by day labor..
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 104, 7 May 1896, Page 2
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188THE SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT AT DUNEDIN. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 104, 7 May 1896, Page 2
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