WOOD-WORKER'S DEATH
FOUND INJURED IN PIT EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST [by telegraph—own correspondent] TAUMARUNUI, Monday An inquest was held to-day, before Mr. A. S. Laird, coroner, concerning the death of John Charles Warnock, who was found on March 3 with two small wounds on his forehead and lying unconscious in a sawdust pit at a box factory where he was employed. He remained unconscious and died in hospital on March 30. It was stated in evidence that deceased apparently crawled into the sawdust pit while the machinery was going and attempted to stand up. The fasteners of the belt probably struck hi m - . ~ The inspector of factories said the factory complied with all regulations and men were protected from danger. Deceased would have no right to crawl into the pit, as an Bft. rake was provided to draw the sawdust out. The coroner returned a verdict of death from cerebral injuries as the result of an accident.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22399, 21 April 1936, Page 13
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