A FATAL COLLISION.
ENGINE STRIKES A LORRY, ONE MAN KILLED. ANOTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED. (By Telegraph—l'ress Association.) WEL.LINGTUX, Wednesday. After passing Poririia Station on its v.-.iv noi'.Jrwsirds i!ii- afternoon, the Auckland-bound exptes.-, which left WclIh,_'lm!i lit '.-.:.-i"i p.m.. <-ni-li.il into a motor i"rry oil a i rossing. The driver nf the li.iri\ and a companion received tin- full I'ffen of the collision, one of tlii-m being kille,; and the other seriously injured. The injured mar. whs attended hy a ilnctfir from the Mental Hospital. u'ule Tie !todv of the other was coti-vi-vert (m the liuspnal. The engine drawing ihe train was damaged, and was un.tble lo proceed, ilic train being held i:;- ; ; 11 ;\n engine reaoned the scene from TV. kukariki. Th. , driver who was killitl was Mr. .K-hn Kdwin C'anninfr, a niorriiil man. 4S wars of ago, residing in May St'vt. Tie was a brother of Onv:.:>'.i> C.-ir.i'ing, of Wellinjrton,
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 248, 19 October 1922, Page 8
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150A FATAL COLLISION. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 248, 19 October 1922, Page 8
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