The Railway Accident.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXV, Issue 6605, 17 April 1899, Page 2

The Railway Accident.

At the inqneit on Thursday afiernooa on the body of Walter Ashor,'who died from injuries received on the railway, Dγ Walker deposed that be remembered being called to the railway station immediately after 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning. He founa tbe deoeased lying between the ways on the ground opposite the platform. The patient was in a state ' of collapse, and gave every evidenoe of intense suffering. He did not make a detailed examination, but found that both thigh bones had been fractured, the upper part of the right thieh being in particular severely brnised.. The right arm showed a compound fraoiure, midway between shoulder and elbow Witness temporarily applied splints to the erm, and, with the assistance of bearers, bad the patient removed to the hqppital. Here, after ftdminMerinp an amesthetic, the thighs were set and ■ splintered, l)r. Leathern being nresent. It was tben found necessary to amputate the right arm. After the operation the patient tallied, but shortly af erwards gradually sank, dying shortly beforeSb'olock. The direct oause of death was .shook due to the severity of iDJuriuetixternal and internal. >'< There was an obliqpfe "seer passing from the lower part ot tne left thigh to the, ' upper part of the right, as if e wheel had passed over.- Herald; ... -r-v .the fdnbbal. ( ' It (must have been some small consolation to the relatives of the late Mr > Walter Ashet (the viotim of the recent V aooident at the New Plymouth station) to witness the sincere sympathy of the general public on Friday, when several hundrede followed the remains to their last resting-place in the Henui Cemetery. The chief mourners were the father, mother, brother, eister, and brothers-in-law of the deceased, the pallbearers being ten of tbe. employees at the town railway station. ' The.funeral service was sondueted by the Eev. S. J. ' Serpell (WeSiSytfn), assisted by the Rev, ' '*' (Primitive Methodist). Th<*', X the graveside was iinpreisVwt After the Bsv Mr the Bev. J. Olphert led Hi "Root; of Ages." Then dffi a nioely-worded ad- '■■vot courso.of which he exhorted especially the young—to I lives. He paid a tribute (c< of deceased, and dwelt on ''J of his demise. " Only ago," said the rev. gentleent one of the happiest / y life in the company off ■.'. and his family. Who have thought that his end A fervent prayer was * after whioh tbe Rev. J. the Beriadiction. beautiful wreaths. .resolnVion was unani%W"y on Wednefday DiattHit a -*" meetinsjlw* ;t M Whiteley Memorial Ohurchfffl.'?,?*y- Bo hool and Beoeption Oommit^ ! i!:^'- , !;Thet this meeting, on behairbf 4§e#ori_eregation and Sundayeokooi oS tlVShiteley Memorial Church, desires to express its deep Mrs Asher and familyfn the which has befallen them, i&d their earnest prayer, tfeiii the consolation, of the Great Father } may Iβ tbeira y oircum&ianee bo sad the* ■■'• v< - huiimn wordsif syrupaiby eoem all too .-—v-