RAIL ACCIDENT

Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1938, Page 2

RAIL ACCIDENT

ONE KILLED ; TWO INJURED. fPer Press Association —Copyright). DUNEDTN, 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, Loehend Street, who is suffering from concussion, and is 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 boon 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 th(> Company. After emptying the wagon of its contents, they turned it round on the turntable, and proceeded to push it hack 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 tin points which connect with the main line. Apparently this was fouled, and a. passing engine and rake of truck 1 struck the front part of the wagon knocking it backwards against the men, who were pushing from behind The deceased was pinned underneatl one of the wheels of the wagon thal he had been pushing; and, from his injuries, death was apparently instant aneous. The injured men were no' well enough to supply the police with details of the accident.