BLASTING TRAGEDY
[THE PRESS Special Service.] DUXEDIX. December 5. The' inquest on Andrew Kydd and William Hopwood. the two victims ol the blasting accident at tho Burkes new railway construction camp, was held to-dav."
Tlw Coroner (Mr J. R. Bartholomew) stated that Hopwood was in charge of the work. He was au experienced and competent man, holding a quarryman's certificate, and was spoken of as being a very careful man. How the accident had happened was clear enough. Hopwood, in the company of Kydd, went back to the face before the third explosion had gone off. It was hard to understand why Hopwood, a careful man, came to commit such a very serious oversight. A verdict of accidental death was returned in each case.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19176, 6 December 1927, Page 15
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124BLASTING TRAGEDY Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19176, 6 December 1927, Page 15
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