BALE FALLS FROM SLING
WATERSIDER KILLED By Telegraph—Pres? Association WELLINGTON, October 19 “I have no doubt that wharf labourers will take notice of this accident, and will exercise judgment in the loading of small and large packages together; in fact it is essential that they should do so,” said the coroner, Mr F. Gilbertson, in giving a verdict of accidental death at the inquest into the death of Donald McLennan, wharf labourer, aged 53, Wellington, who received fatal injuries when a bale of paper fell on him from a sling he had loaded in ’the hold of the Karamea on October 13. Evidence regarding the soundness of the loading of the sling had been conflicting, said Mr Gilbertson, but he gathered there had been an element of risk in loading small cases on top of bale paper. McLennan and his mate were experienced men and doubtless considered the sling safe, but it seemed to be a case of familiarity breeding contempt.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20863, 20 October 1937, Page 5
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