ACCIDENT AT A RAILWAY CROSSING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 16, 20 January 1902, Page 3

ACCIDENT AT A RAILWAY CROSSING.

NAPIER, Saturday. A serious accident occurred this

evening) as the live p.m. train from Hastings to Napier was travelling between Hastings and Tomoana. About half-way between the two places there is a private crossing, •which is protected by a gate on each side of the line. As the train approached this spot a light gig, in which were two men named Thompson and Lourdon, and a boy, attempted to cross the line, with the result that the train crashed into the vehicle, smashing- the g-ig, killing the horse, and injuring the two men rather seriously. The boy escaped with slight bruises.

The train was at once stopped, and the injured men brought to town and taken to the hospital, where it was ;ound that Thompson was suffering- from a fractured thigh, and Lcmrdon from severe bruises on the chest. It is not anticipated, however, that there will be any loss of life. The two men are butchers. . •

It is difficult to understand how the accident can have happened, unless through the horse becoming frightened and jibbing, for the line at the spot where the accident took place runs quite straight, and the approach of the train can be seen a long way off. The railway authorities rendered every possible assistance, and the men were made as comfortable as they could be under the circumstances.