FATAL MINE ACCIDENT.
man found dead on rails..
OCCURRENCE NOT WITNESSED
[BY TELEGRAM. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] "WESTPORT, Sunday.
At the inquest concerning the death of David William Binnev, a miner, evidence was given that deceased, when last seen alivo, was in charge of a rake of trucks, and was subsequently found dead lying across tho rails with one full box resting on his back.
The verdict was that death was duo to an accident on tho Deep Creek section of the Iron' Bridge Mine, Denniston, through asphyxiation, with no direct evidence to show how tho accident happened.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20479, 3 February 1930, Page 12
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