TERRIBLE TRAP ACCIDENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8, 10 January 1905, Page 4

TERRIBLE TRAP ACCIDENT.

-—■ '■'■■■ ' KILLED EN ROUTE TO A f | (By Telegraph-—Press Association.) 1 . j HOKITIKA, this day. Mrs Teasdale, of Brunnerton, and Mrs 1 J. W. Thomson, of Greymouth, when proj ceeding last night by vehicle to Ross witl ' I J some other relatives, to attend thi ! ! funeral of Mrs Delaney, of Grey Vallej, I a sister who died rather suddenly yestep day, were capsized over a hill at a shar} turn on the road. A messenger Wlii \: 'came in for medical assistance in tin |- I early morning states Mrs Teasdale wa. B I Killed, Mrs Thomson seriousy injured : land the other occupants slightly hurt. j I The buggy, which was drawn by a paii ; lof horses, was driven by ;i brother of thi j family, a young man named John Gagli aidi. fl Further particulars of the acoidei. show that when descending a fcteep rj cline the brake refused to act. and tb vehicle, gathering way, was unable ti negotiate a sharp turn, shooting ovc 'the isiidc into the bush below. Mrs Thon. son's injuries arc serious, and she is stil unconscious, and now beting brought in» town. Mrs -lack, another occupant . the vehicle, litis an arm broken ,md rib injured. The young man driving ws :' only slightly injured, and was able O walk back to Rimu township Ur hrfp, arriving shortly before midnight Tie j vehicle was badly smashed and tkf h/>r-e.f ! injured.