DEADLY LEVEL CROSSINGS
|: FATAL MOTOR SMASH. ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS SPOT. ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS SPOT. £jj* (TELEGRAPH.—-rRESS ASSOCIATION.] - f Dannrvikke, Tuesday. - jjft accident, which resulted fatally, ocs curred at Piripiri Crossing, a few i miles 1;..-; north of Danrievirke, to-day. ' .- At mid-day a motor-car, containing Roy v race Dean and Miss' E. Sweetapple, going North, was run into by a goods train. Dean, who Was driving, sustained severe injuries about the. head. He was llllpr^ taken' to the Danuevirke 'K Hospital, : and died four hours after. .Miss Sweetapple q|pt;X' escaped injury, though suffering ; from j|l§|k.': shock. ■.•,"; - ' »-; • The crossing is a' - very dangerous one, having been the i scene of many' previous accidents. The ; trains cannot be seen" coming either way until practically on to the crossing. An agitation has" been going on ll|Pj**for years for the authorities ito minimise the danger, but the Railway ; : Department 1S?|;? considers the • local bodies interested should \ ■'-/ themselves construct an overhead bridge. ; •.'''*'. •'•.''-.. ■ , : : ■■ :_ • -:■-.-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15307, 21 May 1913, Page 7
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154DEADLY LEVEL CROSSINGS New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15307, 21 May 1913, Page 7
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