THE WAIKAIA FATALITY.
THE INQUEST. BT TBIiE-HlM'H —PRESS ASSOCIATION. GORE, August 1(3. At ari inquest, yesterday, touching the deaths of the men Lindsay ami Toynazzini, killed at Waikaia on the Bth, evidence was given by W. P. Early, the foreman, to the effect that care had been taken when firing. He find warned the h'-inds not to touch the unexploded gelignite, but to fetch witness. ,j. J Kennedy, a labourer, who had been Working with the gang in which deceased were, heard Toynazzini say ihere was gelignite in onu hole, and that he would go for Early. Lindsay replied that he would take th« gelig nite out himself. Lindsay made three strokes with the pick, and the third caused the explosion. .The jury returned a verdict that Joseph Toynazzini and James Lindsay met their death accidentally by the explosion of gelignite at the Muddy Terrace Company's water race.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9168, 17 August 1908, Page 5
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