ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 4 September 1909, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

KILLED BY A CITY TRAIN. ■■'■: At "the .Hospital yesterday afternoon, Dr.' A/W, Jl'Afthur,-S.M.i , distriot coronor,. con-' ducted an. inquest' concerning the death of Charles'Staritiall,.who died at the hospital at s;a.m.yostt!rday, as the result-of injuries received tho previous day, whon knocked over near tho Davis Street crossing by tho 6.15 p.m. train from Lambton Station to IV tono'.-'-.-v ■"'. ■.'.:' -':. '■. ' ~-..-■ •''■ ;: "- •■■■■'.' ''.-• -',;

/ Station-Sergeant Darby appeared for the •police.;,!' /'■■' ,; '■.'■'.: "- : '■-'. ■'; ■ ! .-'■■'■'■ •' Tho evidence of Dr. Hardwickb Smith, medical- superintendent; at', the Wellington Hospital, stated -that' death ~was;duo to, shock caused , by external injuries. . • "-:-::■. Tir» bpye. John Cling and Stanley Robinson, both ;of Petoriei deposed that-they, .wero standing : en. :the front platform nf; tho .second carriage (from tho engine) of tho 6.15 p.m., Welhngton-retone train' on' tho dnto of. thb.aceidentj and; when just' /past' tho, Davis i Street .crossing,': saw' a, mart" in'; ,n, white overcoat walking along towards Lamb-' ton ■ Station, .Ho was,quite close "to tho train—they could liavo touched him—and appeared to'be staggering.' Witnesses looked baok' as the train: passed, .arid saw the, man fall' against tho train,- be-twben 'their own carriage, and.tho' , :ono behind, and'then the train passed orer him.. The ..witness'Robinson added that his impression, was that the staggering; gait of. the 'deceased -'.was'.oaiised -by &. .previous collision- with;'the , front; of the train—probably the carriage in front. , '■:' ;'. JSdTrßjt} John Sleeman, dnverof tho train,, and Ernest Joseph Edlin, fireman, also gave evidence,' '"' : ■''.';. .'..■".■;•-•/..:' '",";' '".■. ; Willinm: Gadsbyy farmer, -of Hawera, deposed ..that. he .travelled down ..to; Wellington in company,.with -the deceased,-ahd arrived it Thorndon Station .about 6 p.m.: Leaving decoased,',.as they-thought, on "the. station ,pHtform, witness and . another, -,man'. ; went across, -the' lino to feed / some- horses in a tmck. . Witness V companion/carried a.jtruss of hay, and on crossing the line wcrq.warned by .the/driver-of a shunting, train of the ajK proach of the Petorie train. . Just then.the ,train came up, i and knocked V the truss -'. of hay off the;man's shoulders.. 'Deceased must have .followed/behind, and. boon ' knocked down/ '".:,'■■ ..i:\ .■.■■'■.■•'!■ v'''V' ; !°'.-''w''"'';;.-''.' -.-.•■■

'-.The deposition 'of Frederick Alfred Milden- ' hallj:; assistantiguard of; the?.train, concluded the evidence.. Formal identification/ of -the •body ..by. the .relatives of deceased his still to.'take/plaec.:',.:>;.:-■,/ ; '>v.\ : .:. ■ ~,> '?.,/ ■■/ ••) WThe.coroner."said 'that/the Verdict -could -practically: :: be ..:,deterraineo! ."although ; the prpceediiigj/.-werp'.incomplet'o,-', It was quite clear deceased. met his" death/ by :: pnro' inadyortence,.;ah(l. that' no.one.coultl/bo ncld culriable. '■'•, It appeared. to him an extraordinary./ thing! that,/in view; of;the fact that orie.-nian had ..had a ;truss ef: hay. knocked from, his shoulders by the passing train, -tte' deceased;'should. ,hayo got so near.■'•' The finding /would be'in with/the i»ediealc«vjdo»ce.... ! 'i.■■,.■; ,>i,.,,:^.:.:;.,;; ,-/.■■ ■>■:: 'DEATH FROM CEREBRAL /. : ■^y;::.^;i;:^;HßMOPß^GE f 4v_ : ;';.?''--.^,A ; \A.t" the same sitting,/the'/Cbrqrier inquired into-the'-cirounntcuices! coniiected -with .the death, at tho Jlbajijtal,.on .Thursday/'orcn>nE> of John ;Kobelt, ''a inari'. of about 5S years :of age, "who .was •! discovered "in v an. unconecions condition ■in an allfjway in the Empire Hot*),; in ./Wednesday afternoon- liist, and preapunced,;: on. exaihinktioii' by;:. Dr. Qiliner; ■' 'to/'ibis-';. suffering'. from /»/; paralytic' aejau're, arid ■hernorrhago of-,...the-'hrara.'.".'Dra; Gilisir niid/ Solbies gave 'evidoinoe. The litter fitness stated,that, thVeause 1 , of death wts ihernorrhage ;,«f : ;;the ;.brain fallowing !npß9' an abscess of/some'standing.-"Further evidenae'-woi : giy6n-. by Ernest Crabbe,,barman »t tho'Erapiro JJotcl,^.John.,'Fo);,-:l)oard. ingh'ouse-keopor,-. -141 Willis , ' ■ .Thotnas ; ■ Ward, .'.'etorelveeper,;. pf -'• n, '■:'.- arid iGeorEe./ÜBrah.'ef'.Mirarnar.;;. The , '. general purport" : .of:..thq'-ovidonco; -was/:tkat. deceased had,;i«eh','in-bwiJj^.ilth' , Jfflmjp'nic.;tint« I J : Bi!d. , had b^on 'lUbject. drihking .rathtxwJiOivily iofaJatd.. .-jaii/iejiilwli >t. -No'. 141 ■:• Willis r kept 'by/ JohnjFox;-and■ wa^cJciiown/ to/have a crklit, balnnne,at.,thc'l3ankl/6f New Zealand' of iibonfcZ;£loo.'':",Be -/was < Aleoriuiiderstood.-to-be in-'-ftqeipf,of,a'ira.all "Hbine, ,, - biit;;haying : nb:;kridwn relatives'in New"Zeai land;; and being/of- reticent. , flispositiori,';;rip'thing l further:Was''knb'\i'ii'df hl's affairsi'v" , ;: '; Tho, CoronerJs finding was.in■:aqcordarico, with/the,-medical'"-ovidenco.;.;, ";. :V- .•■■./

".'■ ..;■ Lnst night.Mrs.Ryam who : «sidys-:fi Bute Street, t -was-.received-'intq-.-tho-Hospital, auf--feringfrqm severe burns on her head, ariris, end--, ahouldirs.' '.'jAH/t'he "ihfp'rni'ation -: ffhloh tho;: '-anth'orities, 'could cather;wns..that licj l olothingAhad'.accidentally caught fire;;-.,.';.- • :fM-.\ IDEATH -ON^THE' HirajiOAW ;/'/ // .;■: -Tho.'bpdy. of Mr, > Heberley, who died silddenly.ftntlie.Hinemba'.at the Blufl;oii Thurs-day,.-is -to ,-.-bo. brought i.to ; Pi6tbn for, intermont.j/.Ono/.rivMr. Beberleys-sons ; was with him on the .HincniPa, and. ho also, will'como north'on.Monday.: : ;:r/ ."•' '-.'•'':■■<: ' -i / '' i