The inquest concerning the death of Mr. Albert E. Childs, who sustained fatal injury in a motor cycle accident in Bubbling Well Road on the lith instant, was concluded at the U. S. Court last Friday afternoon.
The accident occurred on what is known as the "S" curve of Bubbling Well Road near Gordon Road. Childs was driving the motor-cycle, Mr. J. J. Maloney occupied the seat behind him and Mr. M. C. Pinkham was in an attached sidecar.
Mr. Maloney, the only one of the three not seriously hurt, stated that the machine was travelling at a speed of about 12 miles an hour. In his opinion, the accident was due to the fact that Childs had to swing from his course to avoid a passing motor-car.
According to the evidence given by Mr. D. McColl, manager of the Shanghai Tramway Ca., and Mr. R. J. McNichol, of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Ca., the motor-cycle was travelling at not less than 30 miles an hour when it crashed into a tree support and then into a hydrant. hose witnesses added that their car did not pass the motor-cycle at any time.
The jury returned a verdict, that deceased came by his death as the result of an accident due to his inability to control a motor-cycle being driven by him at an excessive rate of speed upon a curved roadway where caution is necessary.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.