DREDGE EXPLOSION.
INQUIRY OPENED AT WANGANUI Per Press Association. WANGANUI, April 2. The inquiry into the explosion on the dredge Kaione and the deaths of Joseph Cable and William MacKinnon opened this morning James Dalziel, assistant engineer, after describing what occurred, said that he supervised the cleaning of the tunnel where the explosion occurred. The stores in the tunnel were heavy oil and grease, one tin of kerosene, a tin with a small quantity of torebin, also a few tmpty tins, which had contained paint, but he had found no trace of petrol. He noticed a lead pipe bilge pump melted for about a foot. The inquiry was adjourned until Mr McKeague is sufficiently recovered to give evidence.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 104, 2 April 1929, Page 7
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118DREDGE EXPLOSION. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 104, 2 April 1929, Page 7
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