THE LATE FATAL MINING ACCIDENT AT KUMARA.
—— -» , (by telegraph.) , : An inquest on the body of John Phelan was comirienced this morning at 10 o'clock ' and terminated at noon, when the follow- '■] ing verdict was'.returned :—"That the ;i deceased, John Phelan, came by his ' deat}i,l?y accident, v and r ,that he; was vsyffo- jji cated by the falling of earth in a sludge 1 channel, and that the-accident was caused '<■ by the giying .way of the false set of < timber in tlie face of the drive." 'To this i verdict the jury .added , the following £ riderWe are of opinion that short 1 sets are useless, and w.e recommend the } use of an intermediate set at every third t set, and that sets should go across the f drives, and also that the legs be 12in. i} by 8m. 1 ' I|
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 17 July 1880, Page 2
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