Collision Between Jigger and Goods Train
RAILWAYMAN FAIRLY SERIOUSLY INJURED
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Last Night. A head-on collision between a goods train and a hand-propelled jigger, which took place on the Westfield side of Sylvia Park station yesterday afternoon, resulted in the rider of the jigger, Frederick Ensom, aged 40, married, a railway surfaceman, being fairly seriously injured. He received head injuries, concussion and a fractured left shoulder. Ensom saw the approaching train just prior to the collision and tried to leap to safety, but was too late to throw himself clear.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 223, 24 September 1934, Page 6
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