ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE STAPIER RAILWAY ACCIDENT. (Per United Press Association.) NAPIER, Aprii 20. An -adjourned inquest •on Edward Weaver, who died c as the result of a railway accident oh " Wednesday, was held to-day. Frdm the evidence it.ap- pearcd that thu train* wen travelling at the usual speed of 14 to 16 miles per hour, and. that the whistle had been sounded three times according to regu lations, but that deceased, who was driving- at a fast trot, appeared, un aware of the approach ~of the train, until within a few* yards of the line, owing 'to buildings .obscuring the view at that spot, arid it was then too late to pull up at the pace he was going. The driver of the train did not see the vehicle -at all, but the fireman saw it when within three yards, and rushed to- the brakes, but at the same instant the engine struck the horse in the cen tre of the body, throwing him clear of the line. Weaver was thrown several feet in tho air, and came down some where about the. buffers of the engine, which' threw -him aside. The chief in jury sustained was a -very -severe gash 'on the head, from which' the blood flowed freely. Fiom the first there was i-o chance of the -victim's recovery.
