WATERSIDER’S DEATH
EVIDENCE AT INQUEST Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Today. An inquest was held at Lyttelton concerning the death of Charles Renwick, a watersider, who was killed through the falling of a sling of iron plates while cargo was being unloaded. A stevedore in evidence expressed the opinion that the weight of plates was not a reasonable one to send up in a sling. Earlier in the day the chief officer had ordered them not to make the slings too big. The coroner returned a verdict that Renwick was accidentally killed. He added that it was not wise for him to say anything further, as there was a possibility of a civil action.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 672, 25 May 1929, Page 1
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