MAIL TRAIN STRIKES VAN
VEHICLE BADLY SMASHED. DRIVER’S LUCKY ESCAPE. (tJ) Talegrnpli — Fres» Association.! PALMERSTON N., To-day. While endeavouring to start the engine of a bread delivery van, which stalled on t]ie Vance Street crossing at Shannon this morning, the mail train to Napier crashed into the vehicle, smashing the body to matchwood. The driver, Lawrence Palmer, a young man, received a w'ound to the back of the neck and an injury to his hand. He was admitted to hospital.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 27 February 1935, Page 8
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80MAIL TRAIN STRIKES VAN Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 27 February 1935, Page 8
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