CROSSING FATALITY
VERDICT AT THE INQUEST. [Per Press Association.] PALMERSTON N., Dec. 10. At the inquest concerning the death of John Carian, aged 84, who was killed by the New Plymouth express on December 2 at a level crossing, the driver of the engine stated that the whistle was sounded when approaching the crossing. When deceased was observed to be coming across the road in a milk float, witness applied the emergency brakes. The horse attached to deceased’s conveyance appeared to stop for a second as it jogged over the rails, otherwise the vehicle would probably have escaped the impact. The Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death, adding that apparently deceased crossed the line without observing or hearing the train, no blame being attachable to the, engine-driver.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 446, 11 December 1930, Page 8
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128CROSSING FATALITY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 446, 11 December 1930, Page 8
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