COLLISION AT SANDON.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8536, 17 March 1908, Page 6

COLLISION AT SANDON.

RESULTS FATALLY. An inquiry was hold before Captain Mowlem, district coroner, yesterday into the circumstances attending the death oi liatherloy Waitois, who died yesterday jno.-ning from tho result oi a cycling accident ou Sunday night. xJv. Wilson stated that he was motoring through Saudon trom Wangaiiui on Sunday uigiri, and, when about 400 yards from Sandon, noticed a boy lying on tho road. A trap was drawn up a icw vards away, and a woman was standing near the uoy. Witness stopped his car to see what was the matter, and on examining the boy found him to bo quite conscious but almost pulseless, i'he boy complained of feeling cold, and also that he was suffering great pain in his stomach. There was another boy preset'*, who had also been cycling. The vWm stated that she had been thrown t,uf of'tlic trap fiS a ISai'Jt- tf B collision with Walters, Vvho lulu litn eyenftg m i-'»j r-.v'.fwjilo direction. They took the b-y to the nearest house, where witness revered every aid that was r°«»Wo I under the circlmstanccs. It was apparent to him, however, tnat the only chance of saving tho boy's life-was to perform an immediate operation, and as there was no better conveyance available witness filled the back ot his car with mattresses and drove the boy slowly into l'almcrston, his father accompanying them and supporting his son. lhe boy spoke several times during the journey , and complained of the cold when VI thin two or three miles of Falmerston. ; Witne=s took tho boy to Mrs Freeman s private hospital, and immediately on his arrival there saw that he was dying, death ro?uUing a few minutes after. A post-mortem examination vas held, ana

showed that, death was due to shock resulting from hemorrhage. Several of tho left ribs had been fractured, and death was almost certain to have resulted, even if an operation had been, performed immediately after tho accident. Deceased had said to the woman i with whom he had collided, and who was blaming ihim for the accident, that she was on tho wrong eido oi the road. Tha bo;? afterwards said tile same thing to his father. No reply had been made by tbe woman to the boy's statement. The night was moonlight and fairly light, but witness had not noticed whether there were liglits on either the trap or bicycle. ESw'ard Halhcrlev Walters, father of deceased, slated that on Sunday he and his wife went out, after tea, leaving deceased and a younger brother at home. They returned in about an hour's time, and' about half an hour after word was brought that, deceased had met with an secidont. Witness hurried to the place where the accident had decurred, and saw a number of men bringing the boy in to the nearest house on a garden seat. Jrlo did not know whether tho boy had a light on the bike or not. As the occupants of the trap were not present, the inquest was adjourned until Monday next, to enable tho police to obtain their presence as witnesses.