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THE WELLINGTON MOTOR FATALITY.
inquest eesumed.
Per Press Assocation. Wellington, December 20. Ihe inquiry into the death of Mrs .Kensington, who was (tilled on Mon<la; - by being run down by the Fire Brigade motor engine, was continued , to-day. file greater part of tho cvi. / dence was with regard to the pace at } wmch the ear travelled along Lumbton / Quay and turned into Bowen street on »' the day of the accident. The driver Spry, took the car oyer tho ground, and afterwards said he had gone at about the same rate as on Monday This was denied by some 0 f tlh , who said the pace on Monday had been greater. Some of them contended t l ' a ,Veli,;d 111 between 15 and 20 miles an hoar, and had turned tho corner at an unsafe speed. It seemed to be established that Mrs Kensington and her daughters did not see the motor until it was practio«lly on top of fcaeni.
The inquiry was adjourned until f. f a 7' Coroner to m the mean. tme, take the oyidence of Miss Louisa Kensington, who had a leg fractured m the accident.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81909, 21 December 1906, Page 2
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