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QUARRY WORKER'S DEATH

WERE THE REGULATIONS ' .OBSERVED? i By Telegraph-rress Association. Dunfe.din, July 11. At an inquest on tho body of James Cotton, 'J2 years of age, who died on | Tuesday a.s tho result of injuries sua. ; i.aincd by a fall of rock at Sheal's Quarry last week, the evidence showed that Harrison, the foreman of the quarry, mado | on inspection before work started on the day of the accident, finding everythine ; right. Half a dray load of material fell ! about 30 feet, striking Cotton. The i coroner said the evidence showed that ; oven if all possible care, had been taken, j working on tho faeo of tho quarry was ■ attended by danger. There was ovideuco that tho accident aroso through uonobservance of tho regulations under tho Stone Quarries Act, but it was not advisable for him lo say more about that then. A verdict was rnl.nrned that death was due to injuries sustained by being struck on tho head by a stone fall- j ing from the quarry fare.

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 252, 12 July 1918, Page 5

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QUARRY WORKER'S DEATH Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 252, 12 July 1918, Page 5

QUARRY WORKER'S DEATH Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 252, 12 July 1918, Page 5

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