DRIVER INTERVIEWED
CRASH CAME LIKE BOLT FROM THE BLUE WANGANUI. 26th March. Lying on his back in hospital, swathed in bandages, the driver of tin wrecked train, Mr E. Percival, was seen for a few minutes. His first words were an' expression of appreciation of the treatment he was receiving. “The attention is wonderful.” he said. Mr Percival said he was feeling "not sc bad.” but it was with difficulty that he told what little, he knew of the accident. “We were running along nice and smoothly when suddenly it came like a bolt from the blue,” he said. “I got a whang on the head and the next thj i»j_I remember was when they pulled me out from the wreexage. "There did not seem to be anything wrong with the engine before the crash. We. were a few minutes behind time, but I wasn’t worrying about tliat and was not hurrying. We were to hand over to a fresh crew at Wanganui.” Gamely. Mi Percival made light of hi*, own painful injuries. "They say these things are sent tu try us." he 1 said.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 28 March 1938, Page 8
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185DRIVER INTERVIEWED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 28 March 1938, Page 8
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