RAILWAY ENGINES COLLIDE
oONE DRIVER KILLED. i ACCIDENT IN WELLINGTON. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Monday. A collision occurred between two engines in the Thorndon railway yard and resulted j in one driver, Mr. W. J. Ropkirk, losing • his life. One engine was going to Lambton. ; Station, and the other was about to cross | the main line. Hopkirk"s engine was | struck above the left cylinder box so ! forcibly as to throw it off the lines on to its side. The fireman got clear, but Hopkirk was | crushed between the engine and the ground, and was so injured that he died shortly after removal to the hospital. The signalman, it is stated, saw the engines approaching, and gave the danjcr signal, but deceased was on the other side. { and could not see it. He was 50 years of I age, and leaves a widow.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17659, 21 December 1920, Page 6
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