INQUEST
DTLLMANSTOWN TRAGEDY. An inquest was held at Kumara yesterday afternoon before the District Coroner, Mr IV. Meldrum, &.M., enquiring into the cause of the. death of Gilbert Louden, who " was fatally injured about two miles from Watson’s. Mill at Dillmanstown last Friday evening,., as a. result of a waggon of logs capsizing. / Evidence was given by John -Pool, Robert Ritchie, Henry Neame, Frederick Li Turley of the. Wesglauld Sawmillejs’ Union) who inspected the tramline, and Dr Booth. The doctor certified that death was due to a fractured cervical vertibrae. caused by the logs falling across deceased . After hearing the evidence. the Coroner returned a Verdict that de-de-aed met his dbjith by the- accidegr tal capsizing ciffn truck laden with, logs, which truck rode over the wooden tram lines, and the accident was in a great measure due to the. faulty cap rail of the tramway.' He added; a rider that in his opinion “a, more rigid inspection of tramways would prevent accidents of this nature.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1929, Page 6
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166INQUEST Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1929, Page 6
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