LEVEL CROSSING FATALITY.
TWO BOYS KTT.I/ET). FATHER'S 'WDITION (.RAVE IE- Telpsraph—TTees Ass»:a:i"n ■ XAPIER. thi- da... V j» : \ _ Pi ■ at -Napier La-t nljrbt resulted in tlie death of !,»-!... F'ointon. &£re«i four rear-. :ir.\ AlVrt Pointon. apod seven Tparc. It that a batcher.- co:t v'a'i Mγ. Kr>enezer Pointon. 'his son-, an-i throe other Lots iis returning to tnwfl Mr. Pointon failed to notice the usual eveninjr train from 'Hastings. ':>>: three o: the boys noticed tile train c!o-i< up and jumped clear, being on.y »!i?ht... :n';rt"d. The i-art ■was carried a'.nnj the line ">0 yard-. lx-»lie Pointon "was founj under t ; . ■ .■α-rvatrticr hadiy mutilated. He die-1 wneii relea?ed. The father was pufTerir: l: from i un<"Jssion. and Albert hail a fra*rt"ired s'knll. fattier and son were removed to L.'ie ho.-p.ia!. where the boy <i'.v;l t;ii.The father.- oondition ia s- -- * ,^.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 72, 26 March 1921, Page 7
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136LEVEL CROSSING FATALITY. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 72, 26 March 1921, Page 7
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