FATAL ACCIDENT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1351, 11 January 1905, Page 2

FATAL ACCIDENT.

.(Per Press Association.)

, Hokitika, last night. Mrs Teasdale, of Brunnerton, and Mrs J. W. Thomson, of Greymouth, when proceeding last night by vehiole to Boss with some other relatives to attend the funeral of Mrs Delaney, of Grey Valley, a sister who died rather suddenly yesterday, were capsized over the hill at a sharp turn. on the road. A messenger who came in for ] medioal assistance in the early morning states that Mrs Teasdale was killed, Mrs Thomson seriously injured, and the other occupants slightly hurt. The . buggy, I which was drawn by a pair of horses, was I driven by a brother of the family, a young j man named John Gallardi. I Further particulars of the buggy aoci- I dent show that when descending a steep I incline the brake refused to act, and the | vehicle gathering way was unable to ne- I gotiate a sharp ' turn, shooting over the 1 side into the hush below.” Mrs Thomson’s j injuries are serious and she is still uncon-1 soious. She is now being brought into { town. Mrs Jack, another occupant of the I trap, had her arms broken and ribs in- J jured. The young man who was driving j was only slightly injured, and .was able to | Walk back to Bimn township for help! l shortly before midnight. The vehiole was * ] badly the knees in|qredi I