NO PETROL IN TUNNEL
EXPLOSION ON DREDGE OPENING OF INQUIRY Press Association WANGANUI, To-day. An inquiry into the explosion on the dredge Kaione, which resulted in the deaths of Joseph Cable and "William MacKinnon, opened this morning. James Daiziel, assistant engineer, after describing what occurred, said he supervised the cleaning of the tunnel where the explosion occurred. Stores in the tunnel were heavy oil, grease, one tin of kerosene, a tin with a small quantity of terebin, and also a few empty tins, which had contained paint, but he found no trace of petrol. He noticed a lead pipe in the bilge pump had been melted for about a foot. The inquiry was adjourned until McKeague has sufficiently recovered to give evidence*
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 627, 2 April 1929, Page 1
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122NO PETROL IN TUNNEL Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 627, 2 April 1929, Page 1
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