FELL FROM TRAIN.
WOMAN'S SAD DEATH.
FELT ILL WHILE TRAVELLING,
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WAIMATE, this day. An inquest was held before the coroner, Mi*. George Dash, concerning the death of Mrs. P. D. Leahy, who fell from an express train near St. Andrew's oh October 5. The evidence showed that Mrs. Leahy had felt sick ,and had gone out on to. the platform for fresh air. The platform gates were closed previously, but when approaching St. Andrew's Mrs. Leahy was 6een leaning out with her handkerchief to her mouth. Presumably she had opened the gate. As she had been suffering from fainting turns recently, apparently she fainted and fell out. She fell on her head, fractured her ekull, and died within a minute of the arrival of the station officer. A verdict of accidental death was returned. ■•-■. .
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 241, 11 October 1929, Page 10
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