TRAIN WRECKS CAR
FIVE INJURED
WOMAN AND FOUR CHILDREN
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, August 27.
Five persons, four of them young children, were injured when a motorcar in which they were travelling .was struck by an engine of the AucklandSwanson train on a level crossing. They were Mrs. Eva Agnes Cryer, aged 31, married, of Glen Eden, her three daughters, Nola Eva, aged nine, June Valeric, aged eight? and Rae, aged five, and Fay Featherston, aged nine, daughter of Mr. W. Featherston, of Glen Eden.
The car was struck on the left-hand door and carried 80 feet beyond the crossing- before it was thrown clear. It was damaged beyond repair. The train was stopped in its own length.
All the injured suffered head injuries and concussion. The condition of Rae Cryer and Fay Featherston was serious tonight.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 51, 28 August 1940, Page 5
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137TRAIN WRECKS CAR Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 51, 28 August 1940, Page 5
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