WOMAN’S FALL FROM TRAIN
SUBJECT TO FAINTING TURNS. . *.? By Telegraph—Press Association. Waimate, Oct, 11. At the inquest before the coroner, Mr. George Dash, concerning the death of Mrs. P. D. Leahy, who fell from an express train near St. Andrew’s on October 5, evidence showed that deceased had felt sick, and had gone but on to the platform for fresh air. The platform gates were closed previously, but, when approaching St. Andrew’s Mrs. Leahy was seen leaning out with a handkerchief to her mouth.
Presumably she opened the gate. She had been suffering from faint turns recently and apparently she fainted just past St. Andrew’s, falling out on to her h'e'ad, fracturing her skull, and dying within a minute of the arrival of the station officer. Tho verdict was “Accidentally killed through falling from a train.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1929, Page 13
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