DEATH OF A MINER
STRUCK BY LUMP OF COAL. Per Press Association. WESTPORT, Jan. 21. An inquest was held at Millerton to-day touching the death of John Brown, who was killed yesterday while working in the Westport Coal Company’s Millerton mine. Evidence was' given to the effect that the deputy fired a shot and, after examining the working face, left on his rounds. Deceased was in the act of dressing the face with a pick whert a lump of coal weighing about ono hundredweight camo away, falling on his head and fracturing his skull and neck. Death was instantaneous. A verdict of accidental death, no blame being attachable to anyone, was returned.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 45, 22 January 1926, Page 2
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112DEATH OF A MINER Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 45, 22 January 1926, Page 2
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