THE RAILWAY FATALITY.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 206, 23 June 1914, Page 2

THE RAILWAY FATALITY.

Evidence at the Inquest, j Verdict of Accidental Death The coroner's irqucst w.aj he'd <m Fiidny an I Sa unlay last into the j circ :m tinccs of the daath of f>ii t Olive Bishop, w'-c'i fatality w? fully repotol in Fri Jay's ' * i*i -no -».'' The aetir.jr-cor mi r was Mr 11. F. Wehst r, J i\, end tha t I lowing jury waa swo.'n:-Messrs 11. 11. Andrew (foreman), !•'. W. Mount jay, J. J. McKinney, M. Mclntyrc. R. Fitness aid A Grant. Harry Philips Bishop, a paintc, of Parnell, deposed tint he was a brother of th deceased, wh sa I.) iy he identified. He la»t saw his si.-tcr alive at 8 o'clock that incrni.ng in Auckland. Sha was leaving tor a trip to Te Aroha, o:i the advice of Dr Murphy to go for a change. Deceased was about :>(l years of age; that morning she was accompanied on tha train by Mi-.s Ruby Hewin, < f To Aroha. Frederick Auger, guard on the Rotorua express, deposed that when on the ran down, about 1} miles beyond Buckland, tha engine driver stopped tha trail, saying there was the b;dy of a warm* o i the line. Ucon inspection they veiih'.d the discovery, took the train un to Tuakau (leaving the body as it w■;?' and had the polica telephoned for. tha evidaneeut Dr Cheesman, of Tuakau, dealt with tna inj'irici which deceased had sustained. The I head was entirely ctuihtd. the left forearm was dislocated and driven into the chest, several r:b3 on the side being crushed. The right arm win also cihl .cated and other bodily inju'iea inflicted. Death would be instantaneous and would proia'dy bo ca'.'i-rd by tei r g rin over on th:• train. I Joseph Kosewa-n". a fruit vend ir lon tie train, sui he first saw deceas.d on the carriage platform | when tie train was at Takaainl. I Deceased appeared very ill and wa? putting her hand to her heal. The I carriage connections were the bainc I as usual. .). H. Colhurst, guard on the I Thames express, deposed that tl't-r ; pas-ing Whangamannp, Mis? Ruby iHiwin told turn tint her friend, Olive Bishop, was ml'sing from the ! train. Misa Hewin said she did r.ot j s e deceased leave the train as her I friend disappeared vhiut she Miss I Hcwin l was getting a drink f.r ler. | He examir.td tha train at Ngarua- ! wahh and fiurd blood aid part of ' hum in remains oi the undercarriage. Tlic platforms of the carriages v«e.c in the usual condition. Tna evidence if Constable Willcocks was m rely oflieial. The jiry's verdict was as follows: -"The deceased met her death by falling ctF tha Thames express about 1J miles B:uth of Rucklitnd. She was a pa'scnger on the train, but there h no cvid.'nce to snow how the aceid.nt hacpen d.