The Labour gazette July 1905-June 1906 . ught by the widow ofworkman killed by an explosion ota mine of the defendants, it was sho\*that the ventilation of the mine wative and not as required by law; that tmine was not inspected, a< also requiredlaw; that the mine was - and on t morning of the accident there was asent in explosive quantities for some houprior to the explosion: that the managkenw o( the presence ^i ga- and that tjfellow workmen of the deceased hadtheir safety lam] It was held by the trial judge (affirm;by the court en banc) that having foulthe proximate cause of death to be


The Labour gazette July 1905-June 1906 . ught by the widow ofworkman killed by an explosion ota mine of the defendants, it was sho\*that the ventilation of the mine wative and not as required by law; that tmine was not inspected, a< also requiredlaw; that the mine was - and on t morning of the accident there was asent in explosive quantities for some houprior to the explosion: that the managkenw o( the presence ^i ga- and that tjfellow workmen of the deceased hadtheir safety lam] It was held by the trial judge (affirm;by the court en banc) that having foulthe proximate cause of death to be an (plosion due to the negligence of defand their breach of a statutory duwere not relieved from liability tyof contributory negligence on the part o «fellow workman of deceased or of a mstranger. (Dave v McNeill Co., 29th DecembtMcGuire, C. J., 16th January, 1904, Court lbanc.) (Pages 1063-1180)VOL. VI. NO. lO DOMINION OF CANADA THE LABOUR GAZETTE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR BY ORDER OF PARLIAMENTAPRIL, 1906 (PUBLISHED MONTHLY).


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