LOCO HITS TRUCK

Grey River Argus, 13 December 1938, Page 7

LOCO HITS TRUCK

RAILWAY TRAGEDY Three Casualties [Per Press Association.] DUNEDIN, December 12. • One man was killed, and two were removed to the hospital with injuries, 'when a wagon, which was being used for unloading wool into a store in Cumberland Street this afternoon, was struck by a railway engine and a rake of trucks moving along the main line. The man -killed was William Cowie Anderson; married, aged 40 years, of 115, MacLaggan Street, employed by Stronach Morris and Co. Those injured were: William Herbert, married, of 13, Lochend Street, who is suffering from concussion, and is I employed by Stronach Morris; and John Sutherland, of 54, Oxford Street, who is suffering from injuries to his right foot, leg, and arm. He is employed by Murray Roberts. The deceased was a native of Scotland, and had been resident in New Zealand for the past eight years. His wife is living in Scotland. Shortly after 2 o’clock, the three men were unloading wool from a goods wagon into the store of Murray Roberts and Company. After emptying the wagon of its contents, they turned it round on the turntable, and proceeded, to push it back into the railway goods yards. There was no eyewitness to the accident, ’but it is thought that, when pushing the wagon back, it was moved too close to the points which connect with the main line. Apparently this was fouled, and a passing engine . and rake of trucks struck the front part of the wagon, knocking it backwards against the men, who were pushing from behind. The deceased was pinned underneath one of the wheels of the wagon that he had been pushing, and, from his injuries, death was apparently instantaneous. The injured men were not well enough to supply the police with details of the acci dent.