LEVEL CROSSING SMASH.
TWO MEN INJURED. MIRACULOUS ESCAPES FROM DEATH. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WOODVILLE, this day. A miraculous escape from death occurred at the, railway crossing between Woodville and the Manawatu Gorge on Saturday evening, when a sedan motor car, driven by Mr. A. J. Bierre, manager of the Fletcher Construction Company, of Wellington, who was returning from Hastings with a companion named Mr. Noel Burnett, was caught by railway engine travelling from Palmerston North. ' The car was carried some distance along the railway track, and was badly wrecked. Mr. Bierre suffered injuries to the head, and seven stitches had to be inserted. Mr. Burnett "also suffered wounds to the head arid shock. After being medically treated both the injured men were taken in a private car to Palmerston North.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 86, 13 April 1931, Page 3
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130LEVEL CROSSING SMASH. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 86, 13 April 1931, Page 3
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