STRUCK BY TRAIN
MOTOR-CYCLIST KILLED.
By Telegraph—Pres'e Association.
Nnpier,. October 3. .Tames Edward Harrison, aged 111 years, was killed at about five o’clock this eret Ing when struck by an Incoming mail train nt. I'llllsoirStreet crossing. The youth, riding ti motor-eycle, tippreached the crossing at right angles an apparently did not hear the warning i or the train untli the hitter dashed across the intersection. I-lari'lsou applied li brakes a few yards from the line unit swerved. The cycle fell away from the line hut. Harrison was thrown forwaril n struck the third carriage. Hie slop which carried him along souk! yards. H«. suffered severe injuries death beiug,...i)lstautaueous,
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 8, 4 October 1929, Page 8
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108STRUCK BY TRAIN Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 8, 4 October 1929, Page 8
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