RAILWAY FATALITY.
INQUIRY INTO THE UPPER HUTX h CASK. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. ] An inquest concerning the death of Thouiiis Joseph McCarthy, farmer, Masterton, who met his death on the rail- < wuy at Upper llutt on Monday nig.it, | [was resumed 10-duy. | Victor Samuel, a postal clerk, said deceased had complained to him u week | ago of worry and fainting fits. , Albert Thomas Almond, a passenger : by the same train as deceased, had noticed that deceased appeared mentally worried on the journey. He was of a restless temperament. Harry Ernest Samuel Banks, the guard, stated that he found deceased lying on the ground when the train reached Upper Hutt. His legs appeared to bo caught in the step of the carriage. He did not explain the accident. On the way to Wellington lie was conscious and more or less rational. He seemed i excited, but improved considerably by the . time tlic train got to Silvcrstrcam. At • Belmont a passenger called witness into • a carriage, when the man appeared to • be dead.
The inquest was' further adjourned m til to-morrow.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 248, 25 November 1909, Page 2
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180RAILWAY FATALITY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 248, 25 November 1909, Page 2
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