A RAILWAY FATALITY.

Otago Daily Times, Volume 13694, Issue 13694, 10 September 1906, Page 6

A RAILWAY FATALITY.

Another fatal accident—the second within tho past few months—occurred at Nevillo's railway crossing, Wilkio road, near tile Carisbrook Ground, during Friday night, an old-age pensioner and an inmate of the Benovolent Institution named Malcolm •Vl'Rac, being run down by a passing train —probably by the evening express from the south,—and evidently tilled instantly. Tho body was found shortly before 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, and an examination showod it-lwt tlio skull was fractured and two legs were broken. M'Rae had been an inmate of tho Benevolent Institution for a

number of years. lie left there on Friday afternoon, informing the manager that ho was going into town, and would be back in about an hour's time. THE IXQOF.ST. An inquest was held on the body nt tno morgue on Saturday afternoon before Mr U U Graham (coroner) and a jury of sir man 11 ' Wlu c ' lose " ' or °- Evidence was given .by Dr Gordon Maedouald, who Rtated that he examined tho oooy as it lay in tho morgue. The serdD on the left half of the head was almost completely torn off, the wound having a Serrated edge such r.s would have been caused by striking a multi-pointed object. A little above the left ear part of the skull , l,eon il'-'y l '" i" upon the brain, ltotli knees were fractured at tho joints,' but, Here was no appearance of any external feT'i nght tl,iffh w,ls also* fractured. ,i "a'Kw were scratched in a .manner such as might happen if a, man fell on a roadway. There was no appearance of internal injury. The cause of death, no aoubt. was the injuries to (Ik- skull. iatnek Nicholson stated that ho found the deceased aI. 6.15 on Saturday morning lying on Ins kick about 4tf, from the rails near the Carisbrook crossing. Tho body was then quite cold. He informed the neighbours, and remained by (he body until tho police look charge of it. Constable Young,, stationed at. South' lJunodin, saxl that at 7 o'clock* iu the rooming lie went to the Carisbrook crossing; and found tho deceased Iving on his 1 back near the railway line. The body was then quite cold. The constable then saw body removed to the morgite, where he examined the ocdy fvtki clothes. After further evidence had lieen given a \ord:cc was relumed that deceased' was accidentally run ove: by a railway train, and the jury added that the attention of tho railway authorities bo called to the fact that this was tlio second accident that, had occurred within a short space of time 011 that portion of tho railway line.