THE RAILWAY FATALITY
THE INQUEST. [By Telegraph—Press Association. Invercargill, last night. Tho inquest concerning the death of Frank Thomas, plato layer, killed on Monday night in the collision between a railway tricycle and a special train to Morton Mains, was resumed to-night. The only point of interest was that Findlay', the driver, said the head light was burning when ho got to Edendale, beyond the scene of the accident ; that the night was misty ; that men on a trolly should carry a red light, but he saw none. Witness said that Fraser, the man injured, remarked, in his present state, that he saw a light on the top of the bank five miles off, and again rounding a curve, but not afterwards. The light could not be lit while the train was running. Ferguson, fireman, said that he examined tho head light at Edendale as part of his duty, and took the glass out because it was smoked, but that could not have interfered with the light to any extent. Mr Faris, stationmaster at Edendale, deposed that he heard Fraser when the doctor was attending him, say that there was no head light, or that he did not see it. Fraser appeared perfectly sober. The inquest was adjourned until Thursday next.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 282, 7 December 1901, Page 2
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