MINER’S DEATH
OBSERVATIONS BY CORONER. Per Press Association. GREYMOUTH. Jan. 14. Returning a verdict that Robert Short, a coal miner, died in the Grey Hospital on January 7, 1938, from a.' fractured skull and a brain injury caused by a tail of rubble while work-' ing on a private road at the State coal mine near Runanga, the" Coroner (Mr R. Ferner) said lie desired to make one or two observations. “The work undertaken appears to have been unusual for coalminers and to have required qualifications somewhat different from those the miners are accustomed to exercise;” he said. “The work was set out by the mine manager and supervised by a deputy in the light of their knowledge as miners only. They professed no knowledge of the provisions of the Stone Quarries Act. Undertaking such work at night and without a light appears to have been unwise and any blasting at night ,involving disturbance, to the stability of the face and con-, sequent falls' of rubble■ appear to have been a hazardous proceeding.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 40, 15 January 1938, Page 13
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