FALL FROM TRAIN
BOY’S DEATH ON WAY TO CAMP EVIDENCE AT INQUEST Press Association WELLINGTON, Thursday. An inquest is proceeding regarding the death of Maurice Leonard Howell, 14, who lost his life by falling from a train near Paekakariki on December 26, while proceeding to camp at Levin under the supervision of the Rev. Fielden Taylor. The evidence showed that he was among a number of boys occupying a "Z" waggon, one of the slidingdoor type so often brought into use at holiday times to carry second-class passengers. The door of each side was partially open to admit air, the only guard being two iron bars. The department claims there was a certain amount of skylarking among the boys. There was evidence of Howell having been smoking and wrestling. A boy gave evidence that Howell fell against, him, and then slid out beneath the bars. It is suggested that he might have been faint, ill, or unconscious. (Proceeding.)
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 879, 24 January 1930, Page 11
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158FALL FROM TRAIN Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 879, 24 January 1930, Page 11
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