RAILWAY ACCIDENT

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1415, 28 March 1905, Page 2

RAILWAY ACCIDENT

VELOCIPEDE BUN DOWN. MAN KILLED AND ANOTHEB SEBIOUSLY INJURED.-; . . v * — ? Per Press Association.; Invercargill, last night. A shocking accident occurred on the Dunedin-Inveroargill railway on Saturday night, the express due hero'at 11 o’clock running into a railway velocipede, oa. which were two men —Alexander -JEEeddie (surfaceman) and Henry Jamieson (exrailway servant). With the aid offrthe Weßtinghouse brake the . express! ivas promptly pulled up. Jamieson was plckednp unconscious, his right arm, leg and ribs being broken, and his head injured. He died before reaching town. Eeddie.has both legs broken below tho knees, and his’ head injured. He is unable to give a con-, neoted account. It appears on bearing': the train approaching they got off to move the velocipede, but were overtaken. Bed-; die is in the'hospiral in a critical state. ~ - *

' A SHOCKING AFFAIB. DBINK-AFFECTED MAN STUPIDLY MEETS. DEATH.

(Por Press Association.)' * . Invercargill, last night. An inquestjon the body of Henry Jamieson, killed by the night express on Saturday, was held to-day. Bennie, examined in the hospital, stated that he and Jamieson had a few shandies in the Woodlands Hotel, and deceased had a few games of cards. They left at closmg up time, and he did not think they took liquor away with them. Getting on the trolly, they reached homo at Longbush several minutes before the express, Jamieson would not jump off. Perhaps the drink had affected him by that time. Witness urged him to get off, and.then tried to get the trolly off the lime, but could not manage it. He told deceased that the engine was on them, but he appeared to be numbed, and witness was

endeavoring to poll the trolly off when the engine struck it. He had charge of the trolly, and had no right to nse it for the purpose he did. The engine headlight was burning. No one was to blame but Jamieson and himself.

Svoden, foreman ganger, said that Kennie had always been a steady, reliable man. There was no reason why he should not bo intrusted with the trolly. John Sargeant, engine-driver, said the express was going 40 mileß an hour. He saw the trolly just before striking, and saw i the two men running towards it. Ho did not see anyone on the trolly. If the men were struck by the engine they would have been knocked to pieces. The trolly was I on the cowcatcher, but the outrigger was I missing, and he thought the men must I have been struck by it. I The Coroner pointed out that the dis- I erepancy in the evidence was only to be | expected. The train was travelling at a I high rate, and the accident ocourred in a I moment.

The jury returned a verdict that Jamieson was killed by a collision of the -train with a velocipede, no blame being attachable to the Bailway Department. <