LEVEL CROSSING SMASH
AUCKLANDER KILLED.
AUCKLAND, November 30.
One of the worst crossing smashes occurred at 9.30 a.m. to-day, when W. Bramley, married, 55, with a grown-up family, was killed outright. He was driving one ot Winstone’s lorries on the new North Road, and when at St. Jude’s Street crossing, was struck by the north-bound passenger train. His body was thrown from the truck about twenty yards down the line, the lorry being carried a further distance of thirty yards. Eye witnesses said that Bramley who was driving slowly, apparently heard and saw the train approaching, for he put up his hand to advise cars he was stopping. His truck continued on, and he was struck by the engine. It is thought that the lorry brakes failed.
Bramley was the oldest driver in the employ of Winstone’s, and was regarded as one of the most careful on the road.
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Grey River Argus, 1 December 1937, Page 3
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