A DEATH TRAP
, I CITY RAILWAY CROSSINC Bv TpiMtraph —Press Association PALMERSTON NORTH, June 1. "The Cook Street crossing is a death trap and should be closed. Failing this* a crossing-keeper should be placed there at times when trains are approaching. It is very easy to get caught there." said the Coroner, Mr A. J. Graham, at the inquest on Samuel James Sanson, aged 70, an Otorohanga motorist, who was killed at the crossing on May 27. The crossing lies a few yards on the southern side of the railway station and contains numerous tracks. It is much used for shunting operations. The engine-driver of the train concerned, the Wellington-Napier express, said the crossing was a source of anxiety to him. He thought that there should not be a crossing there at all. When the Coroner learned that the crossing was not on the list of those to be eliminated under the pr "nt programme, he asked Mr A. H. Northover, who represented the Railways Department, to draw attention to the position.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21052, 2 June 1938, Page 8
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172A DEATH TRAP Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21052, 2 June 1938, Page 8
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