CRUSHED BY A LOG.
BUSHMAN’S DEATH. CONDITION OF BRIDGE. COMMENT BY THE CORONER. (By Telegrapn.—Press Association.) • TAUMARUNUI,. Saturday. An inquest’ on George Riley, who was killed by being crushed by a log when a bridge collapsed near Smyth and Boryer’s mill at Te Whakarae on Wednesday, was resumed this morning. After expert evidence had been heard concerning the state of the bridge, the coroner returned a verdict of accidental death. He commented: “1 aim of the opinion from the evidence submitted that sufficient care had not been taken in examining the bridge, and where life is endangered laxity in this respect is to be deprecated. I trust this inquiry will cause stricter supervision to be exercised in future.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17916, 11 January 1930, Page 6
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