CART COLLIDES WITH TRAIN
+ : A CHILD I^LLLED AND OTHERS INJURED. i (BY TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) i PALMERSTON N May 27. I A fatal accident occurred at Bunnythorpe railway crossing this afternoon. A spring cart driven by Ronald Pederson, son of a widow farmer at Roberts' Lane,., was crossing the line' when the Mew Plymouth, train collided with it Ihe horse was .Jailed instantly and the cart completely wrecked. Jean the youngest child, aged 8 years, was decapitated; "Alexander, aged 14.; had a fractured skull and his left ieg fractured and nearly severed; Ronald, aged 13. had his skull injured and thumb fractured; Phyllis, aged 14, was thrown clear. Atexahdtr is not expected to recover. The crossing is an open one and m full view. The engine-drivei-says he blew the whistle and the children tried to back the hoise off the line, bat it was too late. '■' . - ■ 1
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 28 May 1919, Page 5
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147CART COLLIDES WITH TRAIN Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 28 May 1919, Page 5
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