INQUESTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9041, 28 January 1908, Page 5

INQUESTS.

By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, January 27. An inquest was held, to-day, on the body of /Bernard Keating, who was killed through falling from a grocer's cart en Saturday. A verdict of accidental death was returned, the jury adding the opinion that in the cass of all such carts a false backs band should be use'd.

An inquest was also held, to-day, on the body of Thomas Hall, who was killed at Mahanga Bay, yesterday, during explosion and demolition practice by the Engineer, Volunteers. The evidence showed that the men were being instructed by Captain Symon, of the permanent forces, in "hasty demolition." The object df the particular explosion which had the fatal result was to demonstrate the destruction of a railway, a piece of railway iron being blown up with gun cotton. While the fuse was burning Captain Symon told the men t5 stand back. The deceased was not in sight, being about four chains away. The medical evidence showed that a portion of the iron had entered the decaased's brain, causing almost instantaneous death. A verdict was returned of death by accident and misadventure, but .the jury was of opinion that sufficient precaution had not been taken to prevent accidents. GORE, January 27.

An inquest was held, this morning, before, Mr A. IV'artin,' Acting-Coro-ner on the bodies- of George Lindley and Annie Stewart, the victims of the railway fatality on Saturday night. The evidence was clear that the crossing-keeper gave the usual signal to the engine-driver, which was acknowledged-by the latter with the usual whistle. The evidence of the crossing-keeper and an eye-witness was that the buggy suddenly appeared out of the darkness, and was only noticed about ten yards away from the main line. The crossing-keeper called out, brt the occupants apparently 'did not hear, or took no notice and drove on, with the result that the calamity occurred. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to their death by collision with a railway train, and that there was no blame attachable to anyone. They also added a recommendation to the Railway Department that in addition to the crossingkeeper an automatic electric bell or other signal apparatus should be erected at the Mersey Street crossing to warn the public of the approach of a