SEVERAL CASUALTIES.
SYDNEY RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
(Received 11.30 n'.m.) SYDNEY, this day. A railway accident\ occurred yesterday at the Newtown -jltibnrtiaii goods yard. One man was killed and K1 persons were seriously injured,' namely,; six womeg, three men, three boy a and One girl. The man killed was Mr. -William Hatch, aged 52, driver of an electric train. \ - • The accident wag caused When a goods truck doo^fiiddenly swung open, striking a passingjelectric train; which |i was derailed. The electric train then I collided with and derailed another " electrie train which was travelling in opposite direction, i.' .... "damage was caused to both
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 152, 28 June 1940, Page 8
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100SEVERAL CASUALTIES. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 152, 28 June 1940, Page 8
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