KILLED BY A TRAM.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13664, 1 April 1908, Page 15

KILLED BY A TRAM.

Per Press Association,. \

CHRISTCHURCH, March 31. Sidney - Cadle. a welt-known stock auctioneer, an the employ of Dalgety and C 0.,, met with a shocking accident to-night. He was crossing the train rails in Cathedral Square, when he slipped, and the Opawa steam tram, which was then coming in, struck him, the engine passing over *hftn."> When the tram stopped, he was found lying face downwards between the engine and the trailer. He had received terrible injuries, both legs being completely severed below the knee. He was quite unconscious at the time. Ho was taken to the hospital in a critical condition, and died about 11 o'clock.