LYTTELTON RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
THE INQUEST. . ** BY TELEGRAPH—?R3ES ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, June 18. The inquest held this afternoon touching the death of John Gilroy, engineer of the s.s.. Kaituna, who was run over by a railway truck on Wednesday, a verdict of accidental death was returned, no blame being attachable to anybody. A rider was added that the Railway Department should be recommended to station a man on the wharf side of the railway crossing to warn pedestrians and others of the dangers of shunting operations. The Coroner said he agreed with the rider, and would forward it to the General Manager of Railways. ___________
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9119, 19 June 1908, Page 5
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102LYTTELTON RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9119, 19 June 1908, Page 5
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