TWO KILLED
ENGINE HITS CAR HUSBAND AND WIFE CRASH AT CROSSING ASHBURTON RESIDENTS [BY TELECRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday A man and his wife were killed instantly when a railway engine struck a motor-car at a level crossing on a road leading into the back of the Fairfield Freezing Works, near Ashburton, at 4 p.m. to-day. f lhe victims were: —■ Mr. Martin John Esker, farmer, of Dromore, six miles from Ashburton. Mrs. Bessie Esker, wife of Mr. Esker. Both were aged about 50. Striking the car, an open model, about the middle, the engine, which was on its way to Timaru to join the north express, smashed the vehicle to pieces, tossing the main portion about 40 yards away. Mr. Esker, who was driving the car, was carried along in the wreckage and was eventually thrown clear about 50 yards from the crossing. Mrs. Esker, who was in the front seat alongside her husband, received the full force of the impact and was thrown clear a few yards further on.
Mr. and Mrs. Esker leave three sons, one in Christchurch and two in Ashburton.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23284, 1 March 1939, Page 10
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