MOTOR FATALITIES.

Grey River Argus, 26 April 1929, Page 5

MOTOR FATALITIES.

COLLISION WITH TRAM. Inquest on Victims. (Per Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH, April 25. An inquest into the deaths of Rob ert George Webb Bugg, aged 33, single, and Alexander Candlish 46, married, who were killed when a motor cycle they were riding, collided with a train in Opawa Road on the Mvening of April 10, was concluded to-day. •The evidence was that the motor cycle carried no light, and that the men should have had a clear view of the tram, for two or three chains. They had bu'en stopped by a constable earlier in the evening for riding without a light. The motor-cycle was travelling about 35 miles per hour. An eye-witness stated that just before the crash, thi' driver of the cycle appeared to be turning round speaking to the pillion rider.

The coroner, Air E. C. Lewy, S.M., found that death was accidental in both Qases; adding that the motorman of the tram was in no way to blam *. MOTOR-CYCLIST KILLED. COLLISION WITH STS A v ING HORSE. AUCKLAND, April 25. Fatal injuries were sustained by a motor cyclist named Frank E. Waller, aged 22, when his machine struck a straying horse on the Great South Road, near Win, about two o’clock this morning. Deceased, who was single, resided at Manure wa, a,nd was employed by a grocery firm. The horse had three legs broken and had to be destroyed. It is 1 bought that the animal had lefecaped from its paddock as the result of mushroom gatherers leaving a gate open. FARMER KILLED BY CAR HAMILTON, April 25. Andred Wilson, 58, farmer of Teuku, was knocked down at Hamilton on Tuesday by a car driven by L. C. Buckingham. Wilson died this morning at the hospital. An inquest was open 'd to-day and adjourned. MISHAPS AT WANGANUI. WANGANUI, April 25. Victims of motor accidents were admitted to the Wanganui Hospital to-day. Roy Field, rider of a motorcycle, which collided with a car, received a broken leg. Thomas Fisher, a passenger in a car which overturned at Bulls through a tyre bursting, received chest injuries, which were not serious.