ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
h ■• £ A RAILWAY FATALITYi y By Telegraph.—Press Association. JI Wellington, Tuesday. l > At an inquest on Edwin Cox, an 'oldY age pensioner who was killed by a '» train at Petone, evidence showed tint J deceased had ample warning, but api parertly changed his mind, about going !- over the crossing, and practically walked right into the engine. A verdict e of accidental death was returned, a rider being added that the officials - were not to blame. ;. MAORI INFANT'S DEATH, Wairoa, Tuesdar. i Evidence at the inquest concerning the drowning fatality showed that the . child, while playing with its mother, i I jumped into the flooded river and that : i the body was rescued a quarter of a j . mile from the scene. The parents wei* . half-castes, and in their grief forgot to report the matter to the police. A . yerdiet of accidental death was return- [ ed with a rider drawing attention to : _ the laxity of the natives in reporting , . sudden deaths. :
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 259, 8 December 1909, Page 3
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163ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 259, 8 December 1909, Page 3
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