AUCKLAND.

Otago Witness, Issue 2401, 8 March 1900, Page 19

AUCKLAND.

At the inquest on M'Killop, who was killed by being run down by a train while riding on a jigger, it was stated that the train which ran into the jigger was a special ballast train. A brother of the deceased deposed that the latter was a total abstainer. . His life" was insured in the Government Insurance department. Witness could not account for his brother being on the line. After the jury had viewed the scene of the accident, the inquest was adjourned. A fire broke oait at 8.30 on Thursday in the fine new produce stores of the NeAv Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Quay street, which were completely gutted, the Fire Brigade being unable to do more than confine the fire to the building. The walls are standing. Constable Harvey first saw the fire in a bale of wool through a window at the eastern end of the" building. Mr Inder, a clerk, was in the clerks' room in the building at the time of the outbreak making up his books. He saw the fire at the back of the store, and rushed into the street, saving most of the ledgers. The building was insured for £4000, and the produce, estimated at £20,000, is also covered, all in the Ndw Zealand office. A quantity of flax was received , from Southern Wairoa during the day. A large part of the Waimate's cargo was stored there.

At the inquest on Mrs Doolan the jury returned a verdict that " Lily Elizabeth Doolan died accidentally as a result of a collision between the trap in which she was driving and a hansom cab," and added as a rider that Edward Garritty, the driver of the cab, be severely censured for 'leaving his cab unattended.

At the inquest on Arthur Edmund M'Kellop, killed on a jigger on the Kaipara railway line last week, a verdict was returned of accidental death. A rider was added that a -rocky point should be removed to give a better view of the line at ,the point where the accident happened. The evidence showed that deceased had no business to be on the jigger, also that Ganger Warren, who escaped, had received a circular from the Railway department to be careful as to the special ballast train between 3 and 5 p.m.