THE TEMUKA FATALITY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14390, 4 January 1911, Page 6

THE TEMUKA FATALITY.

THE INQUKST OPENED. AND ADJOURNED. ! The inquest 011 the victims of Monday's railway fatality was opened yesterday morning at a a.m., before Air V*. G. Day, and Coroner. After ■ tho Coroner hud tho bodies, Constable Gillespie gavo formal evidence that ho. iiud known the deceased Joim i>ic.*iuuft» and -vVii»;aiM .bnell ior some, iiaio past, ami kienuiicd tho two bodies. 'liio :«quest was then adjourned until 'i'uesday, the lUtli iust., ut 12.30 p.m. enquiries bear out the statement tliat no blaino is a&taahablo to anyone, though in all fairness iy must be urged thac tho position of the radway station and the grain&torage sheds is m a lar:;e •measmerespons.bk?-* At this strtg'e> no . one will .deny • tliat the station should -oartainly liayo beeu constructed on the western side of. tlio line, au'd tlirit the storage.sheds have been erfected -too close to tho track, considering-'the-, iftct tlia-t.tho Denmark street crossing is fch© main royt© -,i"or • pedestrians; railway passengers, - and .Eaist Temuka residents. It is only a week-or so ago chat Colonel Hayliurst, in writing t to the - Borough Council in connection with-the' "widening of Com- . merco referred" to the crossing as a veritable death , trap, and stilted that he dreaded crossing 'there. . '-The solution -.of-tho wholo'trouhle seems to. he that Coniniero?.; street must, be' widened. and the railway, authorities allow that street to be extended' across .tlio line, so thai, crossing on tho south side of tlie storage sheds,, an unobstructed view .. of tlie line will be given. Tho accident has now impressed the;., danger V>f .the exist'ng crossing upon the public, and if .tlie responsible Minister is liow approached, no doubt the evil will Ife remedied. The High street crossing has also exacted. its' toll of accidents, .and the heavy traffic on that road couUl easily be. obvi.ated by constructing a road alongside the police reserve and crossing tiie line to form a junct'on .withSealy street. Tliis would simplify - the -traffic-to the saleyarcU, aud though perhaps not so important a matter, as. the Denmark street crossing, it would be inst as well to go thoroughly into the question once and for Jill., The matter will i»o doubt Teceive j careful consideration by" the • railway authorities, but if _ no immediate steps are ttiken a miblic mooting; will. probably be called by tho Mayor.