OLD MAN KILLED BY TRAIN
♦ VERDICT OF CORONER A verdict that death was caused by injuries received by James Stringfellow when he was struck by a train at Addington on December 21 last was given by the Coroner, Mr E. C. Levvey, when an inquest was held yesterday. Clarence Smith, driver of the tram, which was travelling from Kaiapoi to Christchurch, said that about 8 30 a.m. on December 21 he was approaching the Alliance street crossing. Addington, about 30 miles an hour. He had sounded the whistle twice on seeing Stringfellow approach the crossing on the footpath; but Stringfellow appeared not to notice the train coming. Archibald Leslie, an eye-witness of the accident and a friend of Stringfellow. said that Stringfellow did not seem deliberately to have walked into the train. He was 72 years of age, and had normal sight and hearing. Constable W. H. Wilkins said that the crossing was much used, especially on market days, and there was no warning or signalling device, thougn there was a compulsory stop notice. The Coroner found that no blame was attachable to Smith, the driver.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22304, 19 January 1938, Page 14
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