THE LATE FATALITY IN A QUARRY.
{Per Preas Association.) lILENJIEIM, March (i. The itf|!uest on Abraham Hart, who was killed in a blasting accident in a road metal quarry at I'ara on Feb. 21, when his two brothels also were seriously injured, was resumed at Picton to-day. Captain Falconer gave expert evidence to the ellect that not sufficient caution was observed on returning to the quarry when the charge of gunpowder misfired. The brothers only allowed an interval of half an hour. The service regulation was twenty-four hours. A cheap common fuse was used such as he himself would not use for explosives, and he attributed the misfire to a fault in the fuse. The verdict was that death was due to the explosion, no blame being attachable to anyone,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7756, 7 March 1905, Page 3
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130THE LATE FATALITY IN A QUARRY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7756, 7 March 1905, Page 3
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