DROWNED IN A MUD TANK.
CORONER'S REMARKS ON DUNEDIN FATALITY. [Per Press Association.] DUXEDIX, August 10. The Coroner, Mr Bartholomew, rohirned a verdict of accidental death in the case of a boy named Douglas, aged three;. who was drowned in one of the Drainago Board's mud tanks. He added that mud tanks and' <:ratings were a menace to the lives of children, and the tanks woro positive death traps. Hie Coroner added that hf* was strongly of opinion that steps should he taken to render the gratings morp se~ Miro aiul to prevent, their boiug displaced by children and. others.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12082, 10 August 1917, Page 6
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