CROSSING COLLISION
MOTOR.'CAR driver fined A plea of guilty was entered by Maurice G. W. Brown, when charged Hi the Onehunga Police Court with having attempted to drive across the railway line in Galway Street, Oneflunga, as a train was approaching. Sergeant S. A. Brown stated that ne locomotive fat ruck defendant's car nd smashed it, but defendant escaped ajliry by jumping clear. There were °.,^ arn ing bells at this crossing, defendant explained that he failed 0 .!! e ® r any whistle or see the train 7?*" it was too late and the car enfj Q6 , being cold, stalled on the line, was fined £2 and costs, 16s.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23196, 16 November 1938, Page 17
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107CROSSING COLLISION New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23196, 16 November 1938, Page 17
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