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No. 6.—Return of Accidents which proved Fatal in connection with Machinery— continued.

No. 7. — Return of Steam-winding-engine Drivers to whom Certificates of Service have been granted from the 1st April, 1905, to the 31st March, 1906.

No. 8. — Return of Steam-winding-engine Drivers to whom Certificates of Competency have been granted from the 1st April, 1905, to the 31st March, 1906.

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Name and Address ol Owner. Description of Machinery. Name and Age of Person injured. Date and Nature of Accident. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. Wellington and Marlborough Cement, Lime, and Coal Company, Elevation, Picton Komata Reefs Goldmining Company (Limited), Komata Grinding and burning machinery Quartz - orushing and cyanide treatment Albert Kil- 10th August, 1905: patrick ; 23 wounds on head years Vincent Young 14th August, 1905: Gatland; 37 bruised about head years and feet, but cause of death was suffocation and shock Kilpatrick was engaged oiling machinery at the cement works when one of the supports of the shaft gave way. This caused the shaft to deflect, and caused Kilpatrick to fall a distance of 10 ft. Gatland's clothing was caught by a revolving shaft (making 70 revolutions per minute). When he was discovered he was almost dead, and expired in a few minutes. He had just put a belt on to a pulley, and it Is surmised was trying to take a small piece of rope off the shaft that had been used to put on the belt with. The crown-wheel on board this dredge broke, and one of the pieces struck Williamson on the head. Rippin's clothing was caught by the intermediate shaft in the mill. The accident was not observed by any one, and the deceased had no right to be in the place where he was found. Lone Star Gold ■ dredging Company, Cardrona Robert Alex- 27th February, 1906: ander Wil- seriously injured liamson ; 25 head and other parts years cf the body William Rip- 80th March, 1906: pin ; 21 years I fracture of the base of the skull, laceration of the brain, and the whole of the left side was more or less seriously injured Steain golddredge * Robert Alexander Williamson ; 25 years William Rippin ; 21 years Henry Coley, Porotawhao Flax-mill

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