LEAP FOR SAFETY
NARROW ESCAPE ON LEVEL CROSSING
By Telegraph.—Press Association
Stratford, December 29.
A lorrv with sixteen passengers, returning to New Plymouth, narrowly escaped bcign smashed bv a race special last night. The driver turned over a crossing, and the lorrv escape. 1 , by inches. Theo Skoglulid, a fanner, seeing tlie danger, made a firing leap and landed on his head. He was removed to the hospital in a critical condition, with a fractured skull.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19251230.2.46
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 81, 30 December 1925, Page 8
Word Count
76LEAP FOR SAFETY Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 81, 30 December 1925, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in