ENGINE DRIVER DIES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 48, 27 February 1939, Page 9

ENGINE DRIVER DIES

REMAINED UNCONSCIOUS A WEEK ACCIDENT WHILE ON ENGINE (Own Correspondent) TAIHAPE, Feb. 25. Believed to have been struck by ai overhead bridge when he was up 01 the tender of his engine, about a milt north of Hunterville in the earl; hours of Saturday, February IS, th driver of a goods train, Mr. Alber Ernest Rowley, aged 36, of Taihape suffered injuries from which he diet in the Taihape Hospital at about '■ o’clock this morning. He did not re gain consciousness after being fount beside the railway track. He was : married man with two children, an< had been stationed at Taihape fo: the past four years. He had been r member of the local railway sial previously, having served here abou 14 years ago before being trans ferred to Woodville and then Whan garei. Mr. Rowley was a popula member of the staff, and was ths honorary secretary of the Taihapt Railway Tennis Club. He was prom mently identified with the activities of the E.F.C.A. and also took a keci interest in school affairs. He wa: born at Hukerunui, in the Whanga rei county. Deceased was admitted to the Taihape Hospital suffering from a frac tured skull and scalp wounds, Pneumonia supervened and he passer away exactly a week after the accident. An inquest was opened at Taihape this morning before the district coroner (Mr. E. Loader). Evidence oi identification was given by Thomas William West, a retired railway ganger residing at Woodville. M itness said that the late Mr. Rowley was his

i NEW SOUTH WALES RACING i WAIREKA WINS JUVENILE Received Feb. 26, 7.5 p.m. SYDNEY, Feo. 26. At the Kensington races yesterday aireka, a two-year-old by the Limonc sire Waikare, had an easy wm in the Juvenile Handicap. Results included Juvenile Handicap. Waircka 9.( (Davidson) 1, Progress 7.9 (Kr.t<) 2 Wiki wiki 7.0 (Duncan) 3. Sever started. Four lengths; neck. Time 1.8 —a race record. Silver Coat ran second to St. Robert in the Jumpers’ Flat. Edible was second to Hedonic in the ’ Kensington Handicap, in which , Golden Treasure was unplaced. Fan Tan was unplaced in the Pro--1 gressive Handicap. son-in-law. Deceased was ununconscious when witness visited hiir at the Taihape Hospital and did not regain consciousness after the acci- ■ dent. Witness knew that the de- • J ceased was injured in a railway acci- *' dent near Hunterville, but was noi : conversant with the circumstances surrounding the mishap. The inquest : ' was adjourned sine (lie.