THE DENNISTON MINE FATALITY.
NO ONE TO BLAME. [United Press Association.] WESTPORT, Thursday. At the inquest touching the death of John Kerkin, a trucker, held at Dcnniston, Thomas Machray, a trucker, gave evidence that all the morning coal and sandstone had been coming down in small quantities, getting worse as the morning advanced, but he did not complain. ; About two minutes before the the fall,Jjind^Je]pprt tlu- riiputy to : dig_ him oui/. u't'tXxr ■' ct? ■'h-in'" dead. Witness considered Ih ,j!,v< safely timbered. All the other witnesses agreed, and the jury returned a verdict of accidental death, no blame being attachable to anyone.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 3 October 1907, Page 3
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101THE DENNISTON MINE FATALITY. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 3 October 1907, Page 3
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