ENGSNEDRIVER KILLED.
TAKAPUNA TRAM PATALITf,
An accident with fatal results ocewwl outside the tram barn at Takannjj" j» j about 8.30 last evening, the victim foh» Geo. Taylor, a married man, residing j{ Beach-avenue, Takapuna, and eiaplejtj as enginedriver by the Takapuna Traat way Company. '".-"■•""■;'■"■". Taylor was in charge of a tram, ttit is, an engine and a number of cars, sat was standing between, the engine aaddic first car for tha purpose of couphig them. His fireman backed the eagistKcording to instructions, and in _«« manner Taylor became caught beiww the buffers, his leg being nearly cr___| in two. The injured man waa at once ittnk the hospital with aU possible haste, tk Pupuke arriving from Bayswaier wiii her funnel red hot. An ambulance «v in waiting at the ferry tee. Upon arrirsl at the hospital it wa? found necensr/tt amputate the leg. The shock, fewwas too great to be borne, and tha __ffcrer died at 12.45 this morning. ? A subscription lkt in aid of _is wafej and family has been opened at t» "Star office.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 75, 27 March 1912, Page 4
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176ENGSNEDRIVER KILLED. Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 75, 27 March 1912, Page 4
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