PALMERSTON CAB COLLISION.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 172, 14 April 1908, Page 9

PALMERSTON CAB COLLISION.

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■-i CORONER'S. ikQTJEST.V - • -

Palmorstdn' 'faorth, April 13.'. Tho- inquiry,' touching'. tho ".dejith ibf- .Miss Martha Jones, of X\ r c\y, -],vh;dh. ,occurred as tho result of-,'a 'inereton North railway- station ;."6h r : Aprilj_4', ; was resumed t-Way'b^firjj'.CdßjiaiO^lCH l '. ■ Mr. F. 0. B; liougUnan* .of his brother, and' Mj.;W3 half' of. Mr;' \\oodfield.. .. t .

H. J. Woodfield deposed :.t-hat-'hb" was '.'at tho railway station on; April : ;4' to,mee<b ; ,,some ladies' from Wellington; He met the\kdie.sj insido the station gate, leaving one of . his men to mind the horses, , 0i1... returning y lie. saw a pony cart moving out from his* h'qrses.' . His horses immediately turned into: his'iother cab. The horses thenK : bjlted,;iand witness;, tried to' check the bolt-, -lie-.believc-d -.tho pony and cart .previously:';,referred to.,<wa<s-. owned by My'.' Loughng'p;..-' After saw iiis driver, Thompson, '•gqtting > ,up-from 1 the ground. r'-ft -i:' ] Henry Thompson, cab-driver, stated that he placed his cab near.vthp.'stationjvand'-Mr.; ,Woodfield's : cab was drawn up; side. He never left .his , 'boi'«es..: : i;;Mr.; and Mrs. Reid' v got, into lii-s- cab;,' and, he closed;the door, and was .when ho noticed- Mr.;',\Voodfield's:.:hofses : .ruhr.. ning into' his., Tho';pqn'y~and carti.'in.-,front, were, lie considered, tho! cause--of"ithewbolt. When witness foil oij .tho" grountl his- horses;got away with: Mr.~ ; aiid ;Mrs. ißeid.-,in.c-tjioj By. the. Foreman: '• Hp :did -.-not. see iany i-peri son in'charge,of tbe-;p'oi!y:.,tTap; Anita West stated tnat- slip,-was driving the,gig, accompanied, by>' thok deceased, Miss Martha Jones. ' After .takiii'g,.somc.:.f)arcels' into the station, Miss Jo'ncs;returncd:.toJwitliess, where she liad heri-;pony;.tied;up.-,wit)j:' a' Clapham holder. Witness wcnt :o)i-'to,-.the; platform, leaving Misss Jones.-"standing.-neaty tho parcels office.. Returning,, she;' saw*tliat. Miss Jmeshnd been- injii refl. ; >She-..was;-.theiij taken to the hotel. Conversing .with; witness, Miss J ones said she bad - boon'; knooked, down. by the second.cab; ';v. ; ;vk,',:U,k . William fr; Reid, fia.ttersonjv/o Frascr, E. D. Hoben,.iand:;.J/ ]jonghn!\ji:.:alsdi govo evidence.', -c--: verdict was retur.ncdH-hat-deat:h' T was.duo! to dcceasetl being, ruu„dpTfn;,b' t v-."one-,of ~two. cabs, but thorp was not! sufficient ,cvidcnce :t,o'.' show', tho of 'tlierbolt.-, :. -' A ridcx.:j.;Wasadded drawing attention to 'the .careless.-:wayi vehicles.aro left unattended in tho borough.