TUNNEL FATALITY
::' NO BLAME ATTACHABLE (By Telegraph.—Press Association) '• '\ .'; ATJCKLANI),. TJiis Day. l Holding that the tunnel was as-safe for workers as it could be made, Mr W. R. McKean, is M., C roiier, re'urned a verdict of accidental death' at the in- ' quest/ concerning the death of William iEverett, 34, married, who by a -fall of . eaith'on J.3th July .vas suffocated when trapped in a tunnel. Deceased was engaged in driving a tunnel for drainage works-at Edendale. In returning the Tiirdict, Mr McKean said that-all thfr riual necessary precautions had been taken to make the tunnel safe for workers. All the limber "in the tunnel were sound,; • and it appeared- that the slip was due to • heavy . rains experienced . about the time of. the fatality.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 4 August 1928, Page 7
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