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sf the death I this mornfore Mr G. r, and the astin (fore)rgc Jones, , and Wilconducted tness called if deceased, that of his n by birth, •as a flourat Cheltcnim on the •y morning. ;ood health, cos. When ho was not nk, ami his ■c peaceable, carrier, dem Tuesday ted to purjbsequontly to the Post rchased the i drinks, but Der. After . they came witness left again until under Mr id evidently ie was not back to the they had ng deceased in, when he 1 four drinks f the day. in, deposed Post Office j last. De)ut his busiTuesday he ny with Mr ore the deal 10, aud then bargain was wy whothcr ight or not; it 6.30, and at 7 p.m., him. Doit this time, io wont out, anyone, aud ' of him. rev, residing was in the went out at. en perfectly

er, deposed tho C train day evening an North at •eet crossing len 80 yards an (J. Drcnbad knocked vitness felt a give, but he is caused by a, or by the ! crossing no caching the tside portion no blood, or run over any after reach--3 was taken jxamined by th and found 3ak gear, but line to ascorver. He rejott, the run;S examining approaching 'o whistles, :d they had o close to do c matter asa dog. p,nd \s he had no n what the Namely, that to the line travelled at lour through .lowed to do

as under the rate was six trains should :o, but Miles per hour ould not say >sed to bo inwent out in be possible to ards without

n of tho C 1 his attention /hich moved led in front of or 6 yards in he noticed it len 20 or 30 the crossing, a slight vibrai he and the j engine, but IJe- did not nf the engine shed, so that they had run were traveljiles per hour. ho thought could not vas a man. If doubt on the ive gone back c cleaner, said tied. Cleaned Donald Curric Saw some he brake staff ler the engine small pieces of the firemau's not call anyhe had seen this in the last is. and did not ■y to report. 1 of tlie train ng of the 22nd brakes when k! stated there 2rofc out o£ the

: informed the | the man had before by the Ddy was lying ville line. 7 deposed as to 3 body, and to orville was the :d that the first ound 37 yards as lying. The irds from the no marks of it r the crossing. :,MrW. Owen, email, said the ;ers was not to ' ,vn at a higher nilcs per hour, had fairly done c impossible to running over a bad been looklinutes before it him to see anyly. There were drivers should ster when they

ade some very is way in which oker had given ;paed t]ie trains He tlieniecalled y to a question, ;ht to run a train er hour through iro, and then the to 10 miles per dence, and the >, said there was .it deceased was ivobesn a case of of the stoker is to tion. He thought bring in a verdict 1 on the railway to be proved at 3ther death was He also asked sring in a rider uneil to build a rod; and brought aanFronk.Lucin-

sky mot his death by being run over by the 8 p.m. train from Woodville, on Tuesday, 21st August. 1900. They also added tho following riders: — That the train was travelling at a reasonable pace, and no blame is attachable to the railway authorities. That tho Railway Department be asked to reduce the speed of all trains passing through Palmerston to 10 miles per hour. That the Borough Council be asked to provide a public morgue in Palmerston.