FATAL TRAMCAR ACCIDENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 138, 11 June 1909, Page 4

FATAL TRAMCAR ACCIDENT.

WOMAN SILLED AT ' ' A tramcar accident occurred >a.r Ow tunga yesterday afternoon shortly _S : o oeloek, When an elderly married -Tnan, Mrs Anna Horsnell Jell -^r alighting from a cax, juries which resulted in her-death cording to the story of B_ot_w4_ay|aS wa s travelling in the same comyWS the accident was th* -result JLttosC ceased stepping off the platform while tU car was in motion. The lady "in .question rang the bell after .passing the OneW, post,office, desiring to alight af,(3ap2 Street, which is the next stoppinfcSaeeS. the downward run to the Oneb-W wharf. .As the car drew up, 4eceasetan_ another passenger also stood up evidently with the idea of gettiie rnff • at -Captain-street. The lady -wholw - ■ rung the bell stepped off the platform.'.'and before Mrs Horsnell could slitiht"'" -"•■■ ■it is allegad that the car had aj&iV - started off. .The unfortunate "wofflM" either attempted to step off "or the sii-> : - >ped from the .platform, and -she Jelt ■' heavily to -the .ground, receiving a .fraty tured skull "and other injuries, : *aicH" caused her death a little later. On inquiry'being made at-theTftmwMi •Office -this morning, it was "ascertabiej "that, as far as the authorities -had been able to learn, the car stopped to;pftr»it the deceased to alight, and Mrs Horsnell in attempting to do so, either slipped or "fell to the ground. Mrs Horsnell, who was 355 years to! Ttge, was a resident of Sydneham, Shrist■chuxeh. Her husband is "a ""reti-Stal -rail- - •way -guard, and deceased -had -been -ojf \\ ' a visit here to her Jiaughter. "it Wass»-t to have left -AUckiand -Sari Christchurch to-morrow. v; Sergt.-Rogers has arranged for ah-nV.vi quest being held at Onehunga this -_fbJiv i ; 'noon before the Coroner . and a jury. ■'•'-..