KILLED ON LEVEL CROSSING
■» -—- " ! «' \ '. •. - FATALITY AT LONGBURN. CYCLIST STRUCK BY EXPRESS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATE.] .. PALMERSTON -NORTH. Thursday..) A fatal accident occulted at Longbuni this morning. J. C. Tregurtha was about to cross the Manawatu;railway line on a bicycle when he heard a train coming. Mistaking it for the Foxton train ;on the other line, he continued on his way, wiili the. result that he was struck at the crossing; by the Main Trunk express. Pie was brought to Palmerston by) the Napier express,: and removed ) to" the ; hospital, where he died.)' : :■' ; '■%■■:-fA
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16496, 23 March 1917, Page 6
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