LATEST DOMINION NEWS

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 4538, 23 May 1913, Page 4

LATEST DOMINION NEWS

Electrc Telegraph—Press Association. Dannevirke, This Day-

Mr S. E. .McCarthy, coroner, delivered this morning his finding as the result of the inquest on Roy Horace Dean, who was killed at Piripur railway crossing on Tuesday in a collision betwon his motor-car and a train. The Coroner found that no blame was attached to any of the railway officials controlling the train. He held that deceased had driven negligently in maintaining a speed of 12 miles an hour to within three feet of the crossing. which could have been noticed sooner had he kept a rfiarp look-out. He added a rider containing 13 clauses, the chief of which were that all stop signal- .ihould fie painted red to make them show up, that until the banks at the crossing were altered and given a bigger batter it could not reasonably be said that all had been done t*> evert an accident, and that the erection of a footbridge was the b< -i '0«i::., of minimising accidents.

Ashburton This >ayJosepli Walter Stephens. 35 a blacksmith. wias found drowned u> the Domain Baths at 8.30 this morning. Doceased, who was a married man with three children, left a note iti his shop, which, together with a quantity of stychnine found in a vessel near the bodv. points to a determined suicide.

Napier, Last Night.. ! Mr David O’Donoghue, a wellknown eab-driver. and one of Napier’s oldest residents, died suddenly at Port 1 Ahuriri yesterday afternoon. Captain Tonkin and a mam named Sheehan were being driven past the Gas Company’s yard at the Port by O’Donoghne. in his waggonette, when ! the horse shied at a. steam engine hy the roadside. O'Donoghue was thrown ! out. hut jumped up and made off after the runaway horse and vehicle He ran about 100 of 1.50 yards and then dropped dead. Captain Tonkin was also thrown out. and had his face badly out about, his nose broken md his legs badly bruised. Dr. Henley was summoned, but was only able to [ pronounce O’Donoghue dead. He believed the cause of death was heart failure. The doctor attended to Captain Tonkin’s injuries, and lie was able to proceed home shortly afterwards. Tt is stated that Sheehan wan not hurt. The horse was not injured, and the only damage done to the vehicle was the smashing of a lamp when it crashed into telegraph pole. Mr O'Donoghue was one of Napier’s oldest resident, having married and brought up a .family in this town. He lean*: a grown-up family, and one of these, Mr David O’Donoghue, junr., who has been connected with the focal Public Trust Office for some years, had only left on transfer to Auckland by yesterday morning’s mail train. Invercargill, Last Night. Tlic committee has applied to the Auckland Exhibition authorities for 3000 feet of space for the Southland Court. Bluff Harbour Board today voted £2OO towards the expenses of the court, and contributions are being made by other bodies. Wellington. Last Night At the inquest on Fireman Henry Daniels, who was found in a dying condition on the steamer Moaisa, evidence was given that deceased had cut his' throat fifteen minutes before he was discovered, and had apparently hied to death. Several firemen sUit,d that they were talking with Daniels a few minutes before he committed suicide, and noticed nothing strange in his manner. A verdict of suicide was returned.