FALL FROM MOVING TRAIN.
PLATFORM GATE OPEN. ACCIDENTAL DEATH VERDICT fi [BY : TELEGRAPH. —OWN COHBESPONDENT.] i | HAMILTON. Friday. ' : An inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of Albert Francis Cross,- of Hastings, who was killed through falling from : the platform of ..a-g* railway carriage on March 31, was held ?> || before the coroner, Mr. H. A. Young, S.M., to-day.. -.-, _ ".;v| Evidence was given; by the widow ;g| deceased that her husband's eyesight had .71 not been ;good,' although he did not wear glasses when out of doors. ■: :- . p. • ?(' ':.. A' witness who saw the train arrivingp| at the station platform said he saw Cross . ; With his hands outstretched {as thought grip the top of the platform gate. The - gate'was evidently open, for he then saw . Cross stumble forward and fall under the y carriage wheels. ,'/'' : The guard said he closed all the plat- : «| form gates when' the train left Te Awa-» mutu. The Frankon; station was.' lighted when the train entered it. r ' l ff ■■'■ A verdict of Accidental death was returned, no blame being attachable to the railway: officials.'; 1 v _____
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18374, 14 April 1923, Page 8
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