KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 242, 9 July 1938, Page 13

KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR

Fatality In Upland Road An elderly widow, Mrs. It. E. Herlund, 144 Upland Road, received fatal injuries when she was knocked down by a motor-car in Upland Road at 7.40 o’clock last night. Mrs. Herlund’s right wrist was broken and she received head injuries and concussion. The Free Ambulance was summoned, but the injured woman died before reaching the hospital. STRUCK BY TRAIN Woman Cyclist Killed At Ashburton By Telegraph—Pr<»Hs Association. Ashburton, July 8. Mutilated so that, recognition was impossible, a woman was killed instantly by an express train at a level crossing on the outskirts of t.he town this afternoon. Late this evening she was identified as Mrs. Mary Klssane, Ashburton, aged 55. She was cycling over the crossing when the engine struck her, carrying tbe body 150 yards before it pulled up. The bipycle was broken in pieces and hurled into a creek 30 yards from the crossing. Mrs. Kissane’s husband is at present in Levin. She had no children.