ASHBURTON, Last Night.
At an inquest on the body of Samuel Cheeson, killed on the railway yesterday, the jury returned a verdict of accidental di'ath, appending » rider that there is evidence of a want of proper supervision over the material and workmanship used in New Zealand locomotives as shown by couplings on the engine. Evidence was given that the drawtar snapped, and that the couplings was quite inefficient to bear the strain after the bar br6ke.
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Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1692, 10 May 1883, Page 2
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76ASHBURTON, Last Night. Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1692, 10 May 1883, Page 2
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