CROSSING ACCIDENT
GIG STRUCK BY TRAIN
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHUKCH, 14th February
I Serious injuries wero sustained by Robert Breeze,, driver of a horse and gig, when his vehicle was struck by a train at a-level crossing at Templeton this evening. Breeze was taken to, hospital, and his condition is critical. The train was a special goods train from Culverden to Christchurch, and apparently Breeze did not see it as he approached the crossing. The locomotive struck the vehicle on a wheel, swept it1 over the cattle stops, and down the line a distance of 30 yards. Breeze was carried with it some distance, and then thrown clear of the rails. He suffered' severe injuries to his head and body.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 15
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120CROSSING ACCIDENT Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 15
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