FALL DOWN HOLD.
YOUNG MAN’S DEATH. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, April 10. The inquest into tho death of Jack Ronald Malcolm. Miller, aged 28 years, who was found lying unconscious at the bottom of the hold of the motor ship Coptic at Lyttelton on April 3, and who died in Christchurch hospital on the following day, was resumed today. He had evidently fallen down the previous day and had lain uncon- 1 scious during the whole afternoon and night. The cause of death was a fractured skull.
Evidence was given that the part of the ship where' Miller fell was dark and that it would be quite possible for him to trip and fall. __ He had on board the ship with gangs of men from his firm working on. board and probably he had been looking for them and when in an unfamiliar part of the ship he met with the accident. The verdict was that Miller died as the result of injuries received when he accidentally fell down a hold on the motor ship Coptic.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 112, 11 April 1929, Page 3
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