ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 34, 14 June 1913, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

TRAIN AND MOTOR COLLISION. Timaru, June 13. At the inquest on P. V. B. Coira, killed by a collision between a motorcycle and a train yesterday, several witnesses testified that the regulation warnings were given by the engine driver. The coroner and deceased's friends considered it unnecessary to call the driver. Horgan, who was riding behind deceased on the motor, said that they were talking and laughing together, and did not hear the whistles nor notice the train till the engine was at the south cattle stops, and they were close to the line. The coroner concluded that no one was to blame, and returned a verdict of accidental death. Reference was made to the hedge obstructing the view of the line in that direction. This is to be brought to the notice of the Borough Council, As a member of the Territorials, the deceased will be given a military funeral on Sunday, and in view of his wide personal popularity a large cortege is anticipated.

A CHILD'S DEATH

Christchurch, May 13

At the inquest on Annie Chapman, four years old, killed yesterday by timber falling on her, a verdict of accidental death was returned.