DEATH FROM INJURIES.
.RESULT OF AN INQUEST.
(Pnited Press Association.)
DUN'EDIN", July 11. At an inquest on the body of- James Cotton, 42 year# of age, who died on Tuesday as the result of , injuries sustained. by , a fall of rock at Sheal's Quarry last week, the evidence showed that Harrison, . the foreman of the quarry made an inspection before work started on ,the day .of the accident, finding everything right. 'Half a dray load of material fell: ! about >3O feet, striking Cotton. The coroner said the .evidence showed that even if all possible care had 1 been^.taken, -working on the face of the quarry was attended by danger. There was evidence that ', the accident arose through of the regulations under the ■ Stone' Quarries - Act, but it was not advisable for Jiiin to-say "more about that then. A verdict was returned that death was due to injuries sustained by being struck on the head by a stone falling from the quarry face.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 168, 13 July 1918, Page 5
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