SANSON MOTOR SMASH.
EVIDENTE AT THE ■ IXQUEST
The adjourned' inquest was commenced in the Courthouse, Palmerston North, yesterday, before Mr E. Goodbehere, Coroner, of Feilding, into (he eireuinstanees surrounding' liie deaths of the three victims of (lie Sanson motor smash. The deceased persons were Messrs Arthur E- Eglinton, of Sanson; Alfred E. Penny, also of Sanson; and Frank Kidman, id' Wellington. Mr A, Graham (Feilding) represented the relatives of Eglinton, and Mr Gifford Moore represented the Taxi Proprietors’ Association, of which Newth is a member. The inquiry lasted until 5 o’clock, and in consequence of (hero being no conveniences for light in the Courthouse, it was adjourned (ill the following morning. Medical evidence as to the deaths being caused by the accident was given by Drs. Putnam, Watson, and Garnett. Evidence on behalf of Eglinton was given by his sou, who had been reding in the car up to within a few minutes of the accident, and who was only a few hundred yards away when it took place; also by Mr and Mrs A'Conrt, who had also been passengers in the car. It was to the
(•fleet thiil the lights were put on when leaving Palmerston, and were burning when the accident took place, also ihat Eglinton was driving' on Ins right side oljthe road. Warren Newth deposed that he left "Wanganui racecourse shortly before 5 o'clock for Palmerston North, and pulled up at Tttrakina, afterwards proceeding tit from 25 to JO utiles an hour on (he \vtty home. He saw no lights on the rood, and was not aware of the presence of the approaching car until the smash took place. He declared that it wtts impossible for the other ear to have had lights or he must have seen it approach. Corroborative evidence was given by F. .1. Hendle, B. R. Faireloth, John Powell, and J. S. M’Conkey, all of whom were travelling in Newth’s ear.
Photographs of the wrecked cars were put in as evidence. A motor mechanic who examined the scene on the night of the accident said he found that the battery box had been torn off Eglinton’s car by the collision, and the light switches had been turned off. He admitted that this might be due to one of the passengers in Hie front seat being thrown forward on to the push by the impact of the two cars, or the switch might have been turned off; by some'person, as by the time he got there there were a number of people on the scene examining the cars.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2137, 8 June 1920, Page 2
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425SANSON MOTOR SMASH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2137, 8 June 1920, Page 2
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