WEST COAST FATALITY.
A PREMATURE EXPLOSION. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] V/ESTPORT, Wednesday. * At an inquest held to-day on the bodies " of Thomas Low and Timothy Corby, victims of an accident on the Westport-Ina- ■ ingahua Junction railway contract con- ' struction works, no direct evidence was ; forthcoming as to how the accident occurred. It was stated that the explosion must have been premature, as the customary warning was; not given to ; those working near where E the explosion took place. A verdict of accidental death, . . caused by a premature explosion, was re * turned. . > ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14809, 12 October 1911, Page 7
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91WEST COAST FATALITY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14809, 12 October 1911, Page 7
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