KILLED TOBOGGANING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 12145, 19 April 1907, Page 7

KILLED TOBOGGANING.

Another Tragedy on the Deadly Cresta Run. Count de Bylandt, of The Hague, who was fymoiiß among Alpine winter sportsmen, was killed while tobagganing on the Cresta run on February 18th. The Count met his death at almost the identical spot where Captain Pennell, V.C., was killed on January 19th. Count de Bylandt had for years past been a regular visitor at St. Moritz, and was an expert as well as a most dariag tobogganer. The Cresta run is one of the best known tracks in Switzerland. It has a surface of ice, and the descent is so rapid that a mile a minute may be attained during a favourable run. There is' one dangerous turn in the course at a point known as the Junction and it was here that the Count was killed.

When he started out he laughingly told a group of English friends that he intended to lower the record. He is the winner of many classical prizes, and his ulteratffc was watched with the greatest interest.

He Was the first to start down the run, and wet off at a magnificent pace. It is estimated that he was travelling at a speed of seventy miles an hour when he reached the Junction.

Suddenly he was seen to be proj lot >d into the air and to turn a somcrsiuM, and then fall on lm head on the ice. Jiis toboggan buried itself in the snow, but the Count never moved. When help .urived it was found that the Count had broken hie spine, and was dead.

Ifrperts are now asking if the Cresta track has been negligently or unscientifically arranged this year, as it is pointed out that there have been no fatal accidents previous to the two this season for more than twenty years. one ingenious suggestion put forward is that the earthquake which was felt severely throughout the Canton old Grisons at midnight on Sunday may have so disturbed the course ac to account for the death of the latest victim.

Count de Bylandt was a man of considerable wealth, and belonged to one of the oldest families of the Dutch aristocracy. Router's, St. Moritz correspondent states that the Count was killed owing to the gross negligence of some workmen who had left a plank on thel course:- ' •_*' -

Captain EdwiS^ wired af'fonowVat $.15 p.m. to-day: — Moderate .to strong southeasterly winds, glass fall, tides high, seaconsiderable, rain probable. A curious sight was witnessed in Bell Street at one o'clock to-day, when quite a large whirlwind sprang up near the Ingestre Street corner, a column of dust about eight feet in diameter being raised to a height of nearly 30 feet. After remaining in the same spot for a few seconds the whirlwind crossed the road and was broken against the fence. Mr R. L. Stanford, S.M., this morning fined a first-offending drunk 5s with the usual default". An affiliation case was adjourned till next Wednesday to enable the parties to be married. The evidence of a constable waa taken in a Wellington case, and a young man was ordered to pay .£3 15a towards the support of his wife, • this being the half of ±l' 10s arrears on an order, the other half having been held over for one month, to enable him to make a home for bis wife. The usual monthly meeting of the Mataongaonga Road Board wa» held last evening. , Present — Messrs R. Neilson (chair), J, Anderson, A. Rice, and J. Jones. $.n apology for absence was received frqpi Mr Mackay. The minutes of" the previous meeting were read and accepted, accounts amounting- to i>l2l 19s -"'lpd Were, passed for payment. An account from the Kaukatea Road Board amounting to '£9 15s 3d was referred to the County Council. It was resolved to comply with an application for the continuuation of Duncan Street the Board undertaking to form the road for £1 per chain, pipes, extra, if necessary. Re Mr Eades' application for the Board to form 10 chains of road, it was resolved to ask the Foreman to fufnistt the Board with an estimate of the cost. It was resolved that a letter be written to the Council asking them to arrange to keep the pound open on Sundays as well as week days. It was decided that the Foreman be c.sked to furnish the Board with report of people having briars, gorae, or blackberry growing on the road fronting thier properties. It was resolved that tEe office bo Bhifto to Temora Street, Rftatown.

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