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10/06/2005
Funerals of slurry victims take place
The funerals have taken place of the two men who died when a slurry container burst open at a farm in Co Down on Tuesday .
Kenny Blair, 33, was buried after a service at Finvoy Presbyterian Church in Ballymoney while 21-year-old friend James Wilson was also buried after a service at his home in Cloughmills.
The two men were working on a farm at Ballela, near Katesbridge when the slurry container burst.
Emergency services were called to the farm buildings on the Shanrod Road just after 3pm and a specialist rescue team from Belfast was brought in to retrieve the bodies.
The Dutch firm which manufactured the slurry container are to investigate the cause of the fatal incident.
The Health and Safety Executive and police have also launched investigations.
(MB/SP)
Kenny Blair, 33, was buried after a service at Finvoy Presbyterian Church in Ballymoney while 21-year-old friend James Wilson was also buried after a service at his home in Cloughmills.
The two men were working on a farm at Ballela, near Katesbridge when the slurry container burst.
Emergency services were called to the farm buildings on the Shanrod Road just after 3pm and a specialist rescue team from Belfast was brought in to retrieve the bodies.
The Dutch firm which manufactured the slurry container are to investigate the cause of the fatal incident.
The Health and Safety Executive and police have also launched investigations.
(MB/SP)
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