MAN KILLED OUTRIGHT.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 170, 19 July 1924, Page 7

MAN KILLED OUTRIGHT.

LEVEL CROSSING TRAGEDY. THE KING STREET MENACE. A pedestrian named Alfred Grimshaw was killed outright at the King Street level crossing, Newmarket, at about 12.30 p.m. to-day. When the accident occurred Mr. Grim- ' shaw, a middle-aged man, employed byGeorge Kent and Sons, bakers, Khyber Pass, and living in Hill Street, Newmarket, was walking home along King Street, and failed to notice an outgoing train to Henderson. He was struck by the engine, and killed instanth'. The the engine, and killed instantly. The ary, where an inquest wiU be opened for identification purposes at 9 a.m. tomorrow. King Street crossing has been the scene of previous accidents, and is re- i garded as one of the most dangerous level crossings in the Dominion, because, if the warning bell fails to ring, there is no i warning of an approaching train until |it is right on the crossing. Recently I the Newmarket Borough Council asked I the General Manager of Railways to ! authorise the erection of a "wig-wag" i J warning signal, in addition to the present signal, which has proved inadequate. : The request was refused, on the grounds ' 1 that the Railway Department considered !the present warning bell suflicient to | ensure public safety. It was then that i the Newmarket Borough Council, still considering the crossing a menace, do-, cided to forward a "strongly worded let-1 ter" to the General Manager of Railways, j