SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT DUNEDIN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2476, 24 February 1881, Page 2

SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT DUNEDIN.

A serious accident occurred about S o’clock last evening, at the Kensington railwa} r crossing, on the main road between Dunedin and the Porbnry racecourse. It contained six passengers along with the driver, and they had been out at the racecourse, where they had been making arrangements for opening booths at to day’s meeting. The cab appears to have approached the crossing without slackening pace in way. The train approaching was a. goods one from Walton Park, driven by H. Atkins, and the guard of which was; J. Redpath. Atkins whistled before arrivingat the crossing. There is nodoubt of this, as people on the road heard the whistle plainly. There are several houses on each side of theroad approaching the crossing from St. Kilda, so that the view of the line is hidden from the road. The result was that the cab was struck by the train with great force, and turned completely round —one of the two horses being killed immediately, the other being cut about the legs. The driver of he cab was named Keys. He was considerabl} r knocked about, but his injuries are not serious. The passengers were as follows :—Menry Mayo, formerly a hotelkeeper in Invercargill, and for some time landlord of the Robert Burns, George street, Dunedin ; Charles Armstrong, the well-known landlord of the .LTuion Hotel, in Stafford street; Lloyd, an employe of Mr Armstrong, and lately cook at Watson’s Hotel ;V waiter, also employed by Mr Armstrong we believe ; Edward Lyons, a waiter; and Griffith Roberts, who for a short time was licensee of the Caledonian Hotel, in Walker street. The wholes! these were taken to the Hospital. Mr Mayo was the principal sufferer. Ho had his skull severely fractured, and sustained other serious injuries. At an early hour this morning we learnt

that no hope was entertained of his recovery. Lloyd is severely ' injured in the hack, but the full extent of the injury n ,°t yet been ascertained. Eairbairn was badly hurt about one foot, and two or three of his toes will have to be amputated. Armstrong, Edward Lyons, and C*. itoberts were heavily shaken, but are not believed to be hurt beyond a few small bruises.— *• Otago Daily Times.’,

A small boy entering the witness box at Christchurch yesterday, the Magistrate asked him if he understood the nature of an oath, and to explain the question said, " Do you know where you will go to if you now tell a lie ?” “ Yes, sir, I shall be sent to Burnham,” was the reply. His interlocutor was not quite satisfied with the reply, but under the circumstances, the evidence was taken for what it was worth.