A FATAL FALL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13921, 25 March 1909, Page 2

A FATAL FALL.

Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 24. Isaac Randall, a cab driver, met with fatal injuries early this morning through falling off the dickey of his cab in Madras Street. It appears that at 1-. 15 a.m. he was engaged by four young men to drive to Kaiapoi. He drove along Oxford Terrace and across the Madras Street bridge. Soon after the cab had crossed the. bridge, the occupants noticed the reins were very slack, and the horse practically uncontrolled. One of the men took hold of the reins and stopped the horse. On getting out, they found that the driver was missing, and on making search found him lying on the bridge in an unconscious state. A doctor was summoned and ordered Randall's removal to the hospital, where he died at 4.20 a.m. An examination of the body showed that the skull had been fractured. At an inquest this afternoon, a verdict of accidental death was returned.