SMASHES IN VICTORIA
CARS ON LEVEL CROSSINGS
MELBOURNE, August 21
Two level-crossing accidents occurred in Victoria today. The first was at Carrum, 20 miles from Melbourne, late this afternoon, when three persons were killed and two injured. The killed were Helen Hoggs, aged 31, Mrs. Winnie Rouse, aged 28, and Charles Freeling, aged 50.
They were the occupants of a small car which struck an electric train. The injured were Mrs. Rouse's husband and their three-year-old child. . The driver apparently tried to accelerate over the crossing before the train reached it. The car was smashed to pieces.
The other accident occurred at Melton, 40 miles'from Melbourne, early tonight, when a motor-van was struck by a Ballarat train. Twelve persons were injured, some of them seriously.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 45, 22 August 1938, Page 9
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