CROSSING ACCIDENT

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20532, 25 September 1936, Page 9

CROSSING ACCIDENT

COMMENTS AT INQUEST By Telegraph Pres; Associ&rion PALMERSTON NORTH, Sept. 24. Following comments made by a woman witness at the inquest on Mrs Jane Jackson, who died as a result of being struck by a train when attempting to cross the line in Main Street not at a recognised crossing. Mr A. H. Northover, appearing for the Railway Department, intimated that he would bring the question of fencing the line before the Department. “It is terrible to live in Main Street,” de dared Mrs Irwin, who was an eyewitness of tlic fatality. She said she had had many shocks since living there, and would shift if she could get another house. On one occasion she rushed out to an 18-months-old child who was sitting on the line when the express was coming. Had the father not jumped the fence of a residence and rushed out, the boy might have been killed. Children did not know better. She had seen children playing on the line with the engine whistling repeatedly to get them out of the way. Witness suggested fencing the line, which was ur.’enced east of the Post Office in the main part of the city. The Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death, and exonerated the driver.