“A DEATH TRAP”
LEVEL CROSSING CONDEMNED. STATEMENT BY PALMERSTON N. CORONER. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) PALMERSTON N„ This Day. “The Cook Street crossing is a death trap and should be closed. Failing this a crossing-keeper should be placed there at times when trains are approaching. It is very easy to get caught there,” said the coroner, Mr A. J. Graham, at the inquest on Samuel Sanson, aged 70, of Otorohanga, a motorist who was killed at the crossing on May 27. The crossing lies a few yards on the southern side of the railway station contains numerous tracks, being also much used during shunting operations. The engine-driver of the train concerned —the Wellington-Napier express —said the crossing was a source of anxiety to him. He thought there should not be a crossing there at all. When the coroner learned that the crossing was not on the list of those tobe eliminated under the present programme, he asked Mr A. H. Northover,who was representing the Railway Department to draw attention to the position.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 June 1938, Page 8
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