LEVEL CROSSING FATALITY.
TRAIN COLLIDES WITH DRAY. YOUTH INSTANTLY KILLED. fBY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WHANGAREI. Tuesday. A special train conveying an itinerant circus northward struck a dray on a level crossing at Hukerenui shortly after noon to-day, instantly killing the driver of the vehicle, a youth named Jack Broomfield, 19 years of age, a brother of Mrs. Aston, of Whangarei, whose homo was destroyed by fire last evening. His father and brother died during the influenza epidemic and another brother dropped dead. The victim of to-day's tragedy was caught under the engine, and his body was shockingly mutilated. An inquest will be hold to-morrow at Hukerenui, in which district, he resided.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18894, 17 December 1924, Page 10
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111LEVEL CROSSING FATALITY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18894, 17 December 1924, Page 10
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