Kent Terrace Tram Accident.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3649, 19 May 1906, Page 3

Kent Terrace Tram Accident.

THE VICTIM IDENTIFIED.

WHO WERE HER COM-

PANIONS?

The woman who was knocked down by a tramcar in Kent terrace on Wednesday night and taken to the hospital suffering from a severe fracture of the base of her skull was on Thursday night identified by Alfred Chynoweth, a stevedore in the employ of the New Zealand Shipping Company, and residing at 173, Willis steet, as his' wife, Katherine Theresa Chynoweth. She is about thirty-six years of age. A mysterious feature in connection with the accident is that a woman who was with Mrs Chynoweth when she was hurt, and two men who were in their company cannot be traced. The enquiries of the police have elicited the following facts. Stephen Fuller was the moterman in charge of the car, which was bound for Vivian street, via Kent terrace. The night was very and wet. He was i" x ving at the usual rate, "' n d when about op* 'JOsire to the Gospel Hall, one hundred yards Of so from the corner of Vivian street, the two men stepped out from the plantation, or reserve, across the chain, from the direction of Cambridge terrace, and walked right on to the line about two yards in front of the car. Fuller applied the emergency-brake straight away, and pull up the car almost on the spot. He got out, and found both women lying on the track. One of them rose, and wanted to get away. Mr James, the traffic inspector, who happened to come along in the next car, detained her, however, and insisted upon her giving the name of the injured woman. She stated that she did not know it. Two men who were with the women slipped away. After pressure, the uninjured woman told Mr James that her name was May Carroll, that she resided at a boarding-house in Vivian street, was a stranger to the city, and that a letter addressed care of the Post Office, Shannon, would find her. This woman (who cannot be traced) was dressed in a red skirt and Coat and white straw hat. She was apprrently about twenty-six or twenty-eight .years of age, and of fair complexion. She is said to have smelt of liquor. A broken whisky bottle was found on the tram rails where the accident occurred.

There was no sign of liquor on Mrs Chynoweth, who, after being attended to by Drs Elliott and Young, was removed to the hospital, as stated in Thursday’s Times. When picked up she was lying on her face, the second woman being on the ground beside her breast. The two men in company with the women are said to have been under the influence of liquor. On inquiry at the hospital last night. Mrs Chynoweth was reported to be still unconscious, and in a precarious condition. —N.Z. Times.