THRILL SEEKER KILLED

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 81, 22 April 1937, Page 7

THRILL SEEKER KILLED

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AtfCHLAND, Lest Nlght, ' The eifeuasstanses 6{ ihe death df jThohii* John Pool, aged 22, aotdrdriver, of Devonpoft> wero detcribed ofc jan inqdesfc held bdf Of e Mf. F. K. Hunt, CorOndf* Pool W*S fottnd dn the roof df tbe cirfiagd of an excarsiqn train tdturning to Auckland froni Ngaruawahia fdgatta On March 2d end .later, it was asedftained he had been atruck by an ovefhead bfidgd bdar ■Paerahi. • Alexander Hntohinsoh, gu&fd of ihe jtraih, e&id that wheh the tfaia Wis jsome distance out of Mercer statios, a young inas told hiin a friend had been i i'sniacke;d v£p.,f Witaees fdund Podi's jbody lyiiig dn the plhtfom of One Of the carrxages. He had ae&n fottr or flve yotihg men, including deceased, it one df the intervening stafidns. They were idt drunk btti were in m joHai' imood froiu the elfdcts df Kqudr. .Tfojir condndt/ hoWeyer,- Was quite in Ofder and Witaest did not have occa&on td ' speak to thesi abdiit it.- ' Btyiaond Kean said k# Md gdne to the zegdtta/ in eompany with Pdoi and somd Othef yoithg ntdh. They had iiken aboUt eight botties of bddf With thein froni Atieklarid, dtiiiking it- On th# .w'4y ,to Ngaruawahia where they separated into parties, meeting again flhortly before ih# train lef t for Auckland and having several- drinks tOgetherV Shortly after leaving Mercer,, deecaeed asked witness ,to go on top oi ihe c&ffiago with Mm #^to get a thrilL'^ Heeeased. clMbed ,#fi td th# fOOf. H# had not xeturned within about 20 minutes ° so witness clifixbed up to look for It' was dark and witness found htnr on the roof "#f the eafnag#. Hool seemed to be dead so witness WOnt dowi- 1# the platforin fo get help. Eeginold GHfford Tapp, anofher mwaber Of th# pafty) said . h# Wa# in the carriag# WhOn hfein told hiii Pool Wa# lying .08- th# xOOf drttd. " Witinn# W'#tt up a#d bfongfif th# Body d#Wh, Th# Coioiof found fhai death had been catwed hf a ffiietiife of t|# skuli receifed Whil# deOe#sed WA# ild'ing e» top of th# earriago.