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MOTORING FATALITY NEAR BANGOR.

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MOTORING FATALITY NEAR BANGOR. INQUEST ON BOY OF FIYE. Mr J. Pentir Williams. Coroner, and a jury, ot which the Vicar ol Llanctrg-ai (Hey. D. Aii(ir(-v Joiie.,) was foreman, opened all in. quest at Llandegai School, near B-iiigt)i-, oii Friday night touching the death of Richard <>rey Jones (5), Jlolly Cottage, Uandegai, WHO died from injuries received after being knocked down by a motor car. Mrs Esther Shipley, an aunt of the de- ceased, gave evidence of identification, and described the deceased as being able to hear and see well and he was quite active. 1,1forrie Shipley (13i), cousin of the deceased, said she noticed a number of children in- cluding her cousin playing on the gravel in front of the entrance to the Grand Lodge at Llandegai between 2 and 5 o'clock on Thurs- day afternoon. A motor car came along from the direction of Conway and travelled along the gravelled space. A hooter was sounded wilen the car was about three or four feet away from the children, some of whom ran away. The car struck deceased, but did not go quite over him. One of the ladies in the car alighted, but the driver did not do so. The lady said "I do not think ■ ho is much hurt, only frightcnod," and gave him a shilling. The car then went away. Deceased did not say anything, and she took him home. By Superintendent Griffith: The children were playing on the gravel between the en- trance to tho village and the Grand Lodge. Thomas Owen (12). Bryn Cottages, said the car came along very fast, but slowed down when it approached the children. The right part of the car struck deceased. Sergt. Samuel J)aiies stated that the dis- tance from the corner of the road leading down to Conway to where the accident hap- pened was 135 feet. The car must have travelled on the gravel for about 113 feet be. fore the child was knocked down. The inquest was adjourned until this (Fri. day) evening.

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