FOUR KILLED.
LOERY STRUCK BY EXPRESS TRAGEDY AT LEVEL CROSSING. (PHSI33 ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, February 25. ,\ shocking crossing fatality, in which four persons were killed and a child injured, occurred two miles north of Paekakariki this evening. The names, of those killed are:— William Ernest Fordham, carrier, aged 34 years, partner in the firm of Fordham and Childs, and residing at 218 Cuba street, Wellington. His wife, Rubia Victoria Fordham, 34 years. William Wallis, 31 years. His wife, Florence Wallis, 27 years. Yersita Marie Fordham, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fordham, aged 9, is sufr faring from shock and abrasions. Her condition is not regarded as serious. The deceased persons and the child were passengers on a lorry which was conveying a full load of furpitura from Wellington to Te Hora and the vehicle was negotiating what is known as McKay's crossing. It was struck by the Palmerston North-Wellington passenger train, which leaves Paimerston''at 3.43 p.m. and is due in Wellington at 7.13. _ The crossing traverses the railway lino at right angles and the "drivers of vehicles have a clear view of the line for 300 yarcU. The bodies were frightfully mangled.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18626, 26 February 1926, Page 14
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