AN 82-YEAR-OLD BELVEDERE MAN WHO WORKED AS A BOLIE

AN 82-YEAR-OLD BELVEDERE MAN WHO WORKED AS A BOLIER MAKER FOR
40 YEARS DIED FROM AN ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASE A CORONERS COURT HEARD
ON WEDNESDAY.

PATHOLOGIST DR MICHAEL HEATH SAID MR FRANK APPLETON, OF UPPER
GROVE ROAD, BELVEDERE, HAD HEAVILY CONGESTED LUNGS ‘WITH NUMEROUS
PARTICLES OF ASBESTOS IN THEM.

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A JURY AT SOUTHWARK CORONERS COURT HEARD THAT FROM DR HEATH’S
INDUSTRIAL KNOWLEDGE BOLIER MAKERS WORKED WITH ASBESTOS IN THE
CLADDING MATERIAL THEY USED.

MR APPLETON DIED ON AUGUST 16 THIS YEAR FROM A TYPE OF CANCER
CAUSED BY CONTACT WITH ASBESTOS.

THE JURY RETURNED A VERDICT OF INDUSTRIAL DEATH.

ENDS*