MASTERTON.
November 3
At Brancepeth yesterday a bush-faller named James Duncan, aged 18, had his leg crushed by a falling tree. He was removed to the Masterton Hospital, but died this morning from the shock to bis nervous system.
WELLINGTON
November 3
Messrs Hannay and Lowe, in their report of the enquiry into the late railway accident near Waititi, state that, in the evdidence adduced, and among all the circumstances, nothiDg has transpired to point prominently to an immediate cause of the derailment of the train. To all appearance the line was in good running order, and the engine in good working order. Although the leading -wheels were somewhat worn they were not sufficiently bo to warrant that the accident should be attributed to them. There was no positive evidence to show what did cause the train to leave the rails. They do Dot find that any negligence or wrongful act of any person caused the accident, but collateral circumstances brought under notice during the enquiry demand strict investigation, and will result in increased vigilance throughout the service.
Crossing places for sheep between Auckland and Napier are gazetted at Te Reinga and Where. The main road from Napier to Taupo crosses the boundary of the districts.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3533, 3 November 1882, Page 3
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