MINING FATALITIES.
IXQUIRIES AT GREYMDUTH. ' By Telegraph.—Press Association. Greyinouth, Sept. 22. The warden, Mr. Hutchinson, and two assessors gave their decision in an official inquiry under the Coal Mines Act, into the circumstances of the death of W. :,Graham in July last, and the charges made against) an official of the Blackball colliery by Mr. Newton, inspector. The charges were that the accident was indirectly caused by the non-observ-ance of the special rules, one relating to the appointment of sufficient competent persons to carry'out the requirements of the Coal Mines Act, and another to the inadequate timbering protection over the flat sheet place where Graham wa3 killed. The taking of evidence lasted two days and the decision of the court was that the flat sheet was inadequately timbered. The allegations of the inspector were not sustained by the evidence. A second inquiry into a double fatality was taken yesterday and decision reserved.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1917, Page 6
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152MINING FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1917, Page 6
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