THE INQUEST.
The inquest concerning the death of Miss Alice Power, who was killed yesterday, was opened to-day.
Medical evidence was given to the effect that deceased had a fracture of the base of the skull and of two ribs on the left side. Her nose was broken, and also the bones of her left cheek and upper jaw.
Margaret Moran, who was deceased's companion on the journey, said that •vfiss Power was cheerful and in good health. Just after passing the tunnel witness heard a loud and violent noise, &nd was suddenly thrown to the opposite side of the carriage. Wheu witness recovered she saw Miss Power lying on her back. There was a big ytone in the carriage, which was considerably broken up. Douglas Nickless, the engine driver, stated that as the train was approaching Paekakariki he looked back and ?aw a boulder bounding towards the train from the hillside. The rock was not far up the hill—probably a chain— when he first saw it., He applied the brakes, and almost at the same moment the rock struck a second-class carriage, which was about the third car from the engine. After hearing the guard's evidence the inquest was adjourned to enable the coroner and jury to make a personal inspection of the scene of the accident.
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Northern Advocate, 21 February 1911, Page 5
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