THE WAIKOUAITI FATALITY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2571, 24 June 1903, Page 44

THE WAIKOUAITI FATALITY.

An inquest on the body of William Egan T wbo WAi r'uu over by the torn on Monday oveniing, was hold in tho Cour*hou3e, Waikouaiti, yesterday afternoon, before Mr B. Davis, J.P. (acting-coroner). Deceased (writea our correspondent) was a fisherman, living at the mouth of the Waikouaiti River, and ho wm a native of Antwerp, ' Belgium. From the evidence it transpired that Egara Jiad come tin from Karitane in the morning, and had been hawking fisb ~ about t«ho towrwbin during tbe da-y. In tho afternoon ho had mot a felk>w countryman, of his, nnd thoy had adjourned to a hotel, where they " c hoifted" for oach other. As docTised wont do'vn tlw road to catch the train ho wa« noticed to stagger ?nd fall, and ho wa-s re-fused a ticket to Me-rton by tho ptatiorLmaater becauno he was not sober Hp tried bo obtain more liquor at tho hotel "by the station, but was at oivoe rofiTwd, and ho must, unnoticed, have then walked along tho railway lino on his way homo, and fallen in a stupid condition alongside (he rail e . The driver of the 4- trsin from DnnecKn, arriving horo ."'t 652 p.m., noticed soirtethir,g lying parallel with the rails as his eisfine pad>*d by, and thought it was a dog-, but on looking o\er the right sido of tho engine upon arrival at Waikouaiti be noticed rnmiiiKln <"■' clothes and blood, and, cone'.udirin someone had been run ovor, gavo the aLirm ait onei 1 . On going back the b'icly tiari found :n a dreadful state, the leg^ bo.ng '•fvored from the trunk, and the l>>wels protrii'kng. biti of the torn portions lying 1 t»ro --vnc! thor» for a diat*noe of tome 70 y.ird-., p.long which the body liad been rarriftl The rr-m>ina w*re carried to a (\«ii?fo hj tihe railway station, where they w«r« identified After hearing th<> ovidenca of wvf ra 1 persons who h«d seen% deceased, <!i:rinj the Kttor part of t<ie da,y_, and of tho ririver of the train »nd other railway officials, tho jury gave a verdict that Egan mot Lh dr-ath while under Uie influence of liquor l>v the train pa£«ing over him, and that no Llanae is attached to anyone.

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was appointed to the command of the batteries at the North Head, Auckland, and was afterwards transferred to the command of the batteries in Otago. An old resident of Riverton in the person of Mrs R. Stewart died somewhat suddenly at her residence, on Fiiday night, 12th, at the age of 66 years. She was a widow, and leaves a grown-up family. Mrs George Bullock, of "Wangar.ui, died on "Wednesday after a long il!ness. A Press Association message states that the deceased lady ■was at one time co-partner with her brother-in-law (Mr Gilbert Carson) in the proprietorship of the Wanganui Chronicle. She was well known throughout the colony as a descriptive writer, and was a prominent member of the Women's Council. A Napier message reports the death of Mr T. H. Spencer, a well-known native interpreter. The deceased, who was the son of an Anglican clergyman, came (o the colony in the very early days. He has two brothers in the ministry, one stationed at Nelson.