ACCIDENTAL DEATH.
-By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, February 8. At the inquest held at Kaiapoi, toconcerning the death of Timothy Jllellor, who died from injuries sustained as the result of being pinned between two trucks in the railway ;yards, on Tuesday last, evidence was given that the accident was caused by a shunting engine bumping into the trucks. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased met his death through injuries by a shunting accident in the .yard at Kaiapoi, and added the following rider: "And that such accident was caused by an error of judgment on the part of the shunter, and calls attention to the gross neglect of 'the Department in allowing a system •of shunting to exist in contravention •of their own regulations." . . *&&&
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8356, 11 February 1907, Page 3
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125ACCIDENTAL DEATH. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8356, 11 February 1907, Page 3
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