WORKER FOUND DEAD
EXPLOSION IN TENT CHARGE BENEATH A BUNK EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST (Special to Time*) PUTARURU. Friday The discovery was made yesterday afternoon in a Public Works Department camp tent at Pairere, seven miles from Putaruru, of the body of Edgar David Hamilton McEwan (about 39) of Seaview Terrace Mount Albert. Auckland. The body was mutilated about the back and stomach and was lying in a bunk, the centre of which had collapsed from the force of an explosion. Deceased was employed by the Public Works Department as storeman and timekeeper. At an inquest opened at Putaruru yesterday before Mr M. St. J. Pavton, Coroner. Roy R. Penlington, engineer, stated that McEwan left the camp on Friday night and had not returned to work on Monday and Tuesday. He had appeared last week low in spirits and had probably returned to camp on Wednesday evening. He had been in charge of the magazine at the camp. It was stated that occupants of nearby tents had heard a muffled explosion at about 6 o’clock on Thursday morning. The inquest was adjourned sine die.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20727, 10 February 1939, Page 4
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184WORKER FOUND DEAD Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20727, 10 February 1939, Page 4
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