CROSSING FATALITY.
EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST. Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, Sept. 21. An inquest was held yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs Bridget Ford, a married woman, aged 72, who was struck by a train at Ythan Street crossing on September 9. . The driver of /the tram said that, when about an engine length from the crossing, he noticed deceased walking briskly as if she were trying to get over in front of the train. The whistle was sounded twice, but the woman took no notice. She had been struck by the left hand portion of the engine and thrown clear. The Coroner returned a verdict that deceased met her death as the result of being struck by the train, no blame being attachable to anyone.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 252, 23 September 1929, Page 6
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129CROSSING FATALITY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 252, 23 September 1929, Page 6
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