“A DEATH TRAP”
CITY RAILWAY CROSSING ACTION BY CORONER (Per United Press Association) PALMERSTON N., June 1. “ The Cook street crossing is a death trap and should be closed. Failing this, a crossing keeper should be placed there at times when trains are approaching. It is very easy to get caught there,” said the coroner, Mr A. J. Graham, at the inquest on Samuel James Sanson, aged 70 years, of Otorohanga. a motorist, who was killed at the crossing on May 27. The crossing lies a few yards on the southern side of the railway station and contains numerous tracks. It is also much used for shunting operations. The engine driver of the train concerned, the Wellington-Napier express. said the crossing was a source of anxiety to him. He thought there should not be a crossing there at all. When the coroner learned that the crossing was not on the list of those to be eliminated under the present programme he asked Mr A. H. Northover, representing the Railway Department, to draw attention to the position.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23516, 2 June 1938, Page 17
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