FATALITIES AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 167, 8 April 1908, Page 9

FATALITIES AND FATALITIES.

TRAIN AND CART IN COLLISION. A NARROW ESCAPE. '. Tho. Davis : Street: crossing; near the Manawatu. Railway Station, which . has. on nioro than one occasion proved a;dangerous spot, was tho scene of another.accidoflt 'yesterday, w hen a 'collision occurred between a railway train and a spring cart,-in charge of a-.man named James Carson, residing at No.' ,5, Charlotte. Street,, and employed as a driver by Mr. AVm. Cook, grocer; MoleswortlyStreet. It appears ;that driven by Carson .was,crossing the train-line, when tho engino of'the 1 midday train from. the. Hutt crashed into> the cart,'the: body of which, was prac-tically-broken to picces. When, the engino was -.within.a hundred yards of the.'orossing, Carson wa3_soen driving up from the tion oLtho Thorndon Baths towards the cross-' 'The whistle of! the train made Carson hesitato for a moment, but he then went on, apparently, thinking that lie could cross :botore thq train reached Davis Streot. - Just ■a-s ho'got on the line,' howovor, tho engino struck the cart,-and threw the driver violently to the ground somo : ; distanco away:' .He landed on his headj and was picked up in an unconscious ■ condition, - having received a severo scalp wound, which was subsequently attended, to'by Dr.' Punly,: who was • a passenger .on tho train., Tho bodv of tho cart was broken to picces by tho force'of the collision, but'tho horso escaped uninjured The train [vas- travelling «t a speed of'about fifteen miles an hour, but, ■'although' the driver applied the brakes, ho could not pull up in time to avoid an accidont. • • Carson, who, remained unconscious for about a - quarter/of an'.hour, was ■ eventually removed to the Hospital, and was, reported to bo in a fairly bad condition'on inquiry beina made - last' night. 1 ' • V - ■ ■ 'The, damage . to the cart is estimated at about £20. . . FOUND DROWNED. •V ' (Hl' TEIiEGIIAI'II—riiESS association.) ■ -• : Dunedin, April 7: At an inquest "this morning on the body of Joseph 'i'.''Hinder, who was found'dead near tho . wharf on Sunday, tho doctor who conducted the post-mortem examination said deceased's stomach -showed signs of chronic alcoholism.' He had also valvular diseaso of the heart, but'tho doctor was of opinion, that death was due to drowning. Deceased was last, seen in tho Provincial, Hotel at 8.15 o'clock onV Saturday night, when ho appeared' to be .quite sober. ' Tlio polico havo failed to trace his movements- after that.s When tho jury returned the foreman sajdThere was a majority in favour of, bringing -in a' simplo' verdict . of found drowned, but it was not a unanimous verdict." .■■ ■ ■ SUDDEN DEATH. . '; ; Foxton, April 7. Mr. Bernard Spelman, a well-known local resident, diod suddenly yesterday morning, aged 36 years. Deceased leaves a widow, four sons- and two daughters.. Ho took a keen interest, in educational and , municipal affairs, .and served on the School Committeo and Borough Council. THE PALMERSTON FATALITY. ' BT TELEORAril —SPECIAL COSREBPONBENT. Palmorston Ncrtb, Ann' 7. Miss Martha Jones, tho victim of Saturday's accident, and who expired yteUauuy,' was in partnership with her, sister in a grocery business at New Plymouth, and was on a holiday at tho time of the accident. A formal inquiry was held to-day beforo Captail Mowle'm. Dr. JJrlson stated that' he h«d made a postmortem examination, and had found that death was duo to shock, tho result of;'homorrlia[£o. from a laceration of tho left lung. ' The inquiry was then adjourned until Monday next; : .Woicls's Great Peppermint Ciire for Coughs and Colds never fails. Is. Gd. and 2e. 6d. CBll