ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2728, 10 July 1925, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC INSPECTOR KILLED. JIGGER MEETS TRAIN IN CUTTING. [Per Press Association.! TE KUITI, Last Night. Mr. J. Bremner. traffic inspector at Ohakune,. was killed by a special goods train from Hamilton, 1J miles south of Otorohanga, at t about 4.30 this afternoon. Mr. Bremner, was proceeding on a jigger toward Otorohanga when ho met the train in a cutting as it was coming round a corner. Driver Malone applied the emergency brakes and the train was stopped promptly but too late to avoid a collision. Mr. Bremner sustained fearful injuries and death was instantaneous. Ho was a married man with three children, the youngest six weeks old. COLLAPSE UNDER ANAESTHETIC [Per Press Association.! GISBORNE, Last Nierht. An inquest was held concerning the death of Pearl Kemp Hyde, married, aged thirty-seven years, in Cook Hospital, while an anaesthetic was being administered. Dr. Bowie acting medical superintendent, said deceased collapsed before she was properly under the anaesthetic. A recognised anaesthetic was used, and the same mixture was used on eight other patients on the day of her death. A post mortem showed a serious disease, which caused internal haemorrhage for which the patient was about to be examined. In witness’s opinion, death was due to a complaint which could not be detected but which resulted in her collapse in the early stages of anaesthetic. After further evidence, a verdict was returned In accordance with medical evidence, the Coroner, Mr. Lovvy, adding that all proper steps and precautions had been taken.