FATAL FIRE AT ARAMAHO
EVIDENCE AT INQUEST (United Press Association I WANGANUI, 23rd June. An inquest is being held concerning the death of John Oscar Bovey, who died on 23rd April following burns received at Kempthorne Prosser’s fertiliser works, Aramoho, during a sulphur fire. The evidence indicates that the fire started in the elevator room. The belt had come off and men were engaged replacing it when apparently they released their hold, causing it to slip back. One witness stated that he saw a spark and immediately the place was enveloped in smoke, flame, and sulphur fumes There wa . a good deal of fine sulphur dust at the time.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 24 June 1937, Page 10
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