STEEPLEJACK’S DEATH
FATALITY AT MIRAMAR EVIDENCE AT INQUEST Press Association. WELLINGTON, To-day. At the inquest held regarding the death of Joseph Kelleher, aged 38, married, with two children, killed during the dismantling operations on a chimney at the gasworks at Miramar on Wednesday, it was shown that part of the top of'the chimney had been removed with the aid of a screw jack and deceased and another man were endeavouring to cut away the remaining portion. They were kneeling on the scaffold inside the chimney when a piece ot concrete, weighing about half a ton, fell, causing the chimney to sway violently. Just as the swing took place Kelleher rose to his feet with the evident intention of jumping to the lower platform for safety, but he was too late, and the impact caused him to lose his balance. He was thrown over the side and fell to the ground and killed instantly. A verdict was returned that he died from injuries received through accidentally falling from the chimney.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 187, 28 October 1927, Page 9
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169STEEPLEJACK’S DEATH Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 187, 28 October 1927, Page 9
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