KILLED BY A TRAIN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20080, 18 October 1928, Page 12

KILLED BY A TRAIN.

WIDOW'S TRAGIC FATE. SISTER SUSTAINS INJURIES. ON THE WAY TO PICTURES. ACCIDENT AT FRANKTON. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN* CORRESPONDENT.] HAMILTON. "Wednesday. A fatal accident occurred at the Frankton Junction railway station at about a o'clock this evening. Mrs. Mary Gash, a widow, aged 60, was knocked down by a train and killed, Mrs. Florence Beatrice Rowe, her sister, aged 62, wife of Mr. A. G. Rowe, stock agent, Riflo Range Road, I'rankton, was seriously injured. Mrs. Gash, who was a resident of Takapuna, was visiting Mrs. Rowe, and both were on the way to the pictures at Frankton when tlio accident occurred. They wero taking a short cut along the railway line in the station yards, and were walking between two sets of rails. They saw a shunting train approaching and, evidently thinking they were on the track of this train, they stepped on to another set of rails, right into the path of a Iluntly goods train, which was drawing into the Frankton station at about 10 miles an hour. The driver of the train, Mr. R. Buchanan, pulled up promptly, but was not able to avert an accident. Mrs.. Gash removed recently from Bayswater to Takapuna. She leaves a son, Mr. William Gash, who is employed by Messrs. George Walker, Limited, and three daughters, two of whom are married. Another sister is Mrs. Agnes Boyer, of Pompallier Terrace, Ponsonby. * Mrs. Rowo was admitted to tlip Waikato Hospital, suffering from head injuries, the full extent of which has not yet been ascertained. She was in a semiconscious condition this evening. GIRL FALLS ON LINE, LEG TO BE AMPUTATED. WONDERFUL ESCAPE FROM DEATH [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] IXVERCARGILL, Wednesday. A painful accident occurred at the Edendale station this morning. Mavis Craig, aged 13, who was to travel into Invercar;>ll, ran up as the train was pulling into the platform, and threw two satchels on the platform of the rear carriage. Following this up she caught hold not of the first guard rail of the platform, but of the second, and was thrown down on to the line between the carriage and the guard's van. She was turned over twice and her right foot was crushed. Railway officials slate that it is miraculous she was not killed instantly. The train Was held at the station until a doctor from Wyndham arrived, and it was decided to take the girl to Invercargill, where she was admitted to the Southland Hospital. Although her condition is not serious she is suffering froni shock, and it will be necessary to amputate her leg.