STRUCK BY TRAIN.
CROSSING KEEPER KILLED.. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, April 11. - While endeavouring to keep back'w motor-cyclist from crossing the railway when the electric train from Lyttelton was approaching, Mr Arthur William Bright, aged 42, was himself struck Ly the train, run over, and killed instantly. The body was carried on about seventy yards and terribly muti"lated. Mr Bright, a one-armed ex-service-man, was a crossing keeper at Waltham Road, the' scene of many accidents. He lrad been at the crossing several months and previously was employed at others. Deceased was married with six children. • ' The electric trains are more silent than the steam ones, and they approach this crossing at about fifteen miles an hour.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 116, 12 April 1930, Page 9
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116STRUCK BY TRAIN. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 116, 12 April 1930, Page 9
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