ACCIDENTS
RAILWAYMAN KILLED.
p.A. DUNEDIN, August 16. . A collision between a motor velocipede and the rear end of a goods train in the Caversham tunnel, just after mid-day, resulted in the death of a railway signal maintainer, Fhilbert Thomas Smith, aged 45, married with two children. , - j i „ Smith was riding the velocipede behind’ the train and when the train stopped in response to a signal, he was .unable to see it because of smoke in the tunnel. He suffered injuries from which he died before he could be carried to an ambulance.
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Grey River Argus, 18 August 1944, Page 3
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93ACCIDENTS Grey River Argus, 18 August 1944, Page 3
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