Di Marcantonio v. State Workmen's Insurance Fund

MacDade, J.,

Claimant herein has filed a petition seeking compensation in behalf of herself and minor children for the death of her husband, which occurred on Sept. 20, 1928, while employed by the employer defendant.

The cause of the accidental death is given in the petition as “seven explosions of dynamite had been set off and deceased was asphyxiated by gases and died.”

The referee after answer and hearing awarded compensation, and the defendant then appealed to the Workmen’s Compensation Board, contending that the referee’s findings of fact were not supported by the evidence and that there…