THE STONE-ROLLING CASE.
(BY TELEGRAPH.) Cheistchtjech, April 30.
At Lyttelton to-day, before Mr B setham, R.M., Edwin Orpin, Frederick Charles Page, and George Meozles, three seamen, were committed for trial on a charge of rolling down the stone which caused the explosion at the Lyttelton gas works. The damage cost L 144. Accased said the atone was dislodged by Page sitting down against It with a jerk. Several witnesses stated that considerable force mnst have been nsed to dislodge the stone, which weighed over 9 cwts, from the place whence it had been removed. Oq examining the hill it was found that other stones had been dislodged and rolled down In various places.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XV, Issue 4656, 1 May 1890, Page 2
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113THE STONE-ROLLING CASE. Oamaru Mail, Volume XV, Issue 4656, 1 May 1890, Page 2
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