KAIONE EXPLOSION
CORONER’S PENDING
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)
WANGANUI, April 22
The inquiry into the dredge Kaione explosion and deaths of Duncan McKinnon and Joseph Cable was concluded to-day before Mr .T. H. Salmon S.M. The Coroner returned, a verdict that Cable died as the result of an explosion in the tunnel of Kaione, the cause of death being a fracture of the base of the skull, a broken neck and other injuries. The Coroner said he was unable, on the evidence to say what gases were responsible for the explosion. He also found that McKinnon died from suffocation. resulting from burns sustained in the explosion.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 April 1929, Page 5
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106KAIONE EXPLOSION Hokitika Guardian, 22 April 1929, Page 5
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