SCHOOLBOY KILLED
CNTSCAI. FATALITY
ACCIDENT ON TRAIN r0.C.1 _ PCKEKOHE. TfAtj Fats! injuria* were suffered by s Pap*k«urs scShmmStot in as raij*ray araid«BS !*:*«t Packers aa.4 Ps«kh* ai»t>ut. S3> s&it morning. JJ, victim irw;— William Ttrgzsoz Tisrs, z&A I4 t «ju ©i Mr. and Mr*. W. A. Thorn, of 366 Railway Street. Papakura. ' Ta* !»j joined ike train at Papjluia to attend school it Pukdkobe, and at Drsry he tu foacd lying übcobjcsoui ia * cattle trade suffering from grate head in furies. He was taken to Pskekohe. and *ft,sr being treat*d by Dr. H. S. Dougjas «i removed to tie Auckland ia an as;balance, tie gik a; 3.1-> p.®. It is believed the boy was riditsg on top oi a cat tie truck aZii struck on the head as the train passed under an overheac bridal near Opaheke. lie clearance at this particular j>;jint it abost 2ft-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 24009, 5 July 1941, Page 10
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146SCHOOLBOY KILLED New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 24009, 5 July 1941, Page 10
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