There were numerous fatalities on the Snowy Mountain Scheme, several of
those Lithuanians.
JOSIUNSKAS Jonas was an Electrician and was
electrocuted
BLAZINSKAS Kazys
Accidental
Death From Fumes
COOMA, Wednesday
The Cooma District Coroner, Mr. H. V.
Brigden, J.P., returned a finding of
accidental death today at an inquest on Basyl Blazinskas,43, a Lithuanian, who
was found dead in his hut at the Tolbar camp of the Snowy Mountains Authority,
16 miles from Adaminaby, on August 18.
The coroner found that deceased died from
carbon monoxide poisoning accidentally caused from the fumes of a heater in his
room.
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August 1953 Sydney Morning Herald
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