SULPHUR DUST IGNITES

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 455, 24 June 1937, Page 2

SULPHUR DUST IGNITES

Fatality At Chemical Works i Press Association—Copyrlgnt. ■ I - Wanganui, June 23. i A verdict that John Oscar Bovey, I (chemical * manure works labourer, ! Wanganui, died -at Kemp-thorne, Pros- I ser and Company’s works at Aramo. j ho on April 23 as the result of injur- j les suffered when working on a sul- | phur elevator, the cause of death be- I ing asphyxia from sulphur dioxide - gas, was returned by the coroner, Mr S. M. Dixon, at Wanganui today. A fire occurred at thg works on April 23, when Bovey and several other men were engaged in work attendant upon the unloading of sulphur from trucks by ’fneans of an elevator. The evidence of men working with Bovey in the elevator compartment was that in replacing a belt on a pulley the elevator ran back and a spark was created which ignited sulphur dust. Stuart Mitchell, inspector of machinery, said the elevator was Standard equipment designed to meet all normal use, plus a margin of safety.