WOMAN'S SHOCKING DEATH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 53, 27 March 1909, Page 4

WOMAN'S SHOCKING DEATH.

BWKIT TIIIUIUIH A SKWEIi.

Sydney. March 1. ■Mis Ma rah Ann Taylor) li i, who resided willi her liu-ban<l at Jlalloran Street, I>!.i4'lilianit. was drowned on Saturday night at Lcichhardt tlirotiffli being carried oil' lier foot and washed ilowji u drain, pipe during a tliundfislorm. The liodv was recovered early tliis morning lU ' lU ' the Anwradale Ferry wharf by the water police. It appeared that .Mrs Taylor, when returning from Sydney, was caught in tile tlmndcndonn which occurred o".i ■Saturday nigliit shortly alter II o'clock. A large body of water came down Malloran Street, and when almost opposite her resilience .Mrs Tailor was lifted oil' 'lier feet ami swept to the Inittoni of the stient, W'hcj'e she disappeared ilowa a:n open drain pipe connecting with Hie big storm-water channel which runs inlo,.l?i)zcllc ,May. A nfan, named William Khig is said to have been the only witness of the fatality, which occurred so quickly that- the unfortunate woman wasslwe]iit out of sigh I ill a few seconds, The. police were informed, and dragging operations went maintained in all directions until this morning, both in the storm-water channel and ia Kuzelle l!ay. Tlic. clothing of the unfortunate woman was prjelically lorn from her body, apparently by tile force with which she. was carried through .the drain pipe. Scarcely ii vestige of attire remained on the body as it was found ißjatim# this •morning iu Itozclle .Buy, fully one: miU l from tin* spot where the fatality weurrvd. The body was removed to the morgue and an. inquost will he hold.

This is t1... thin! fatality of a similar kind which has occurred iji the Miburbs of Sydney wilhiu a short time. FromiueiiiL citizens are uf llit* opinion that soiin; more stringent, precautions will have to be taken with regard to lin-t-rapped dvaiih iu the suburbs Ueorge Street West formerly was considered a death trap of a similar kind during sudden tliundvrhtor'ms. and 'wlten thenwas a heavy rush of water near St. Marimbas 1 Uhurdi it wjw unfortunately a I frequent occurrence for children to' 1m* 1 drowned jr<»in«, r or coining from school. Drastic measures, however, were taken 1<» prevent a recurrent*:- of the trouble, anil the City Council was forced to make the necessary improvements. A hamper which Mi's Maylor carried was also washed dowa the drain, and lias jiol, been recovered.