FALL OF PUMICE
COUNTY WORKMAN'S DEATH ACCIDENT NEAR RAURIMU [ Per Press Association. 1 TAUMARUNUI, Oct. 27. A Kaitieke County surfaceman, Thomas Francis Hogan, aged 52, was killed this morning while working in a pumice trench 9ft. 6in. deep at the junction of Oio No. 1 and Oio No. 2 roads about 12 miles from Raurimu. Hogan and another surfaceman, Harold Cole, were preparing a trench to replace a wooden culvert with concrete when one side of the trench fell in. Cole managed to jump clear but Hogan was buried in pumice to a depth of several feet. Cole immediately gave the alarm to a settler and telephone messages brought help from all directions. Cole meanwhile commenced rescue work, but 25 minutes passed before Hogan’s body was recovered. A medical officer was summoned from Taumarunui, but Hogan was dead when removed from the trench. An inquest was opened this afternoon at Taumarunui before Mr W. Thomas, coroner, when W. W. Stanton, Kaitieke County engineer, identified the body. The inquest was adjourned sine die. Hogan had been five years in the council’s employ ana was a capable workman. He formerly lived at Owhango. He leaves a widow and eight children.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 256, 28 October 1937, Page 8
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198FALL OF PUMICE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 256, 28 October 1937, Page 8
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