FATAL ACCIDENT

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 967, 26 May 1879, Page 2

FATAL ACCIDENT

, i-i . "I t,z—. ♦ mmW£ at y to -w« a sad fatal accident winch occurred on. Saturday evening near the .JuiieCioil/ Hotel',^bd^b^nvhioh'Mt^'Widtij^&ughjtQs.ofiMp. .apd'Mrs. James Whit :,=t>ldy.affld, highly .resnepted residents, in Oamaru, livciTher (lea'th. ' Mr.' accompanied by Mfs. iitt'd 'Miss White, «a§_ .c]i;iv.ing, tyap ; ;s»nd had nearly. | reachedtheir destination when the sad accident happened. The night was VerV dark, and though Mrs. White, who sat on the left side, had a lantern, =the ,r light £rdil}nljfc ueti.cSiiDjpjijpt to-"illlimine}' tli^o)v})pte-road O.M(i 0 .M ( i probablj 'iff : ti6rise- ; quence of this Mr. White drove the ■cdge- : of 'ri "that cTanfeVoiis piece of road between the ho .el'and'the' biyyat;,t.he •S9ft, ; Holmes' residence. Here the road has been formed by filling up the intervening gpllyy'and-'i't' ia WariwvV'haVing.Hon either drop of som&iteft- feet. [The., wheel slipping over tlm edge, caused the : crap ; ,' with' its occupants,'to be precipitated, tfoVil i! the bhtifc 1 WHlie fence. Here i't turnecttoter, 1 the AvKole of the (Mciipa'nt's l being underneath it, and cne of the wheels resting on Miss White's chest. ,Mjp. Whjte,. hn.ving. managed to release 'librscTf/'' 'h'm'cec&cil W"''extricating he? htis'bMid,*Vtta was much hurt, and'-iilitiblo .eJ?V>dipgj,Al)f fc j sin 'lerhanded*. she.wps ..unable to release'her daughter, Mrs." nfiitc"then ran along the road' jfavftiti ''lihelp; "' : H-e?r' dfrefe ta by ipeople: about'iihti.'lwtcl, who at once prv.qeedgdjp lift the,trap,ol£ Miss Wimp ; but though only'a'few elapse d, the poor ■§7n WafeWcjlSSs when released. The whole weight,ef/.thc trap had rc.'steil.„i\ppn r chest, and completely sjno horeu her. A/Acty"<£■ 1g lady vas removed to the Junction Hotel, wliiUiei Mr. .White" M n'S I f(K>B , yati?i6a"6A a'Wutifas, uid medical jussistance was at once sent or. AfterwardsTVlr. White was removed t ohis private UOPWI uMs'/alJo' BMd there. Mj& ffjf&{nfttßVf r, few bruises, but'-Mr; fW4i<ife was more s3tiously in..jlirbdy idnEi r>fi bciwg ,; 'feraben' ! :*ud,^V;9iyirJi£tl£.-frope is eni ertained of r.gcoveivy;,, forjlipugh he is perfectly raiional ; ' and. snows'no oui iv xrd .-Hice^of''any serious clanger, jt is feared Wia6'' r W6Wiff(Slticf!i' f 'fiiky set in. M«a. Wli{fe ) "fr«i"<ifi(3 :,: eldest of two antß 'fra/5 scafcfcbly seventeen j ears of age. She had grown up in OamaL-u and was just -budding into womanhood', painful death is deeply reg retted i hyaia. l;(fgfc? of ' f rferAls. I; has been decided, not to hold an inquesjt.