A MAN KILLED.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1211, 17 May 1895, Page 41

A MAN KILLED.

FATAL FALL FROM A CART. An accident occurred on the Karori road at 2.30_ on Saturday (May 4), which resulted m the death of a young' married man named William James, who resided in Sydney street, and who was employed as a carter by Messrs Booth and Co., timber merchants, Waterloo quay. Deceased was driving two horses attached to a dray laden with manure for Mr Dryden, of Karori, and was accompanied by iwo boys named Archibald Mason and Charles Boyd. He was sitting with his feet en the shafts, and when about three cnains on the other side of Baker’s Fill he put ms hand in his trousers pocket, lost ills baiance, and fell under one of the wheels ox the cart. The wheel caught him by the right shoulder and skidded him along the roaa for a distance of about 9ft. and the cart had to be backed before he could be extricated. Mason stopped the horses, and with Boyd s help assisted the injured man to rise. He triea to get up on his feet, and managed to stagger against the fence on u p Sl l e u* 3± t t e r ° ad ’, sa^in S' as he did so Good-bye, boys ; this is my last day on

Karori Hill. It’s all up with, me now,” He subsequently said he always thought the Karori hills would be the death of him. Mr Needham’s express came along at this time, and James was lifed on it and conveyed into Wellington. A b the Botanical Gardens Dr Anson was met, and, after making an examination of the poor fellow, he ordered him to be at once taken to the Hospital. However, he was so badly crushed that he died before reaching the institution. He leaves a wife and three children.

At the inquest, a verdict of accidental death was returned. Mr W. S. Cohham was the foreman of the jury.