DEATH AT CROSSING
INQUEST ON ELDERLY WOMAN. VERDICT OF ACCIDENT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., This Day. At an inquest on Mrs Susanna Blanche Weymouth, aged 71, who died of injuries received when she was struck by a train at Feilding, the Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death. The fireman on the train said Mrs Weymouth approached the crossing looking towards the station, in the opposite direction to that from which the train was approaching. The whistle was sounded continuously and the brakes were applied. The woman was either deaf or preoccupied. Medical evidence was given that Mrs Weymouth’s eyesight was impaired.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 June 1939, Page 6
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103DEATH AT CROSSING Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 June 1939, Page 6
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