ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
A man named Bernard Riley was run over hy the 9.30 train last night, and sustained fearfrtl injuries as a result of the accident. He was driving—allegedly without lights—an express with two horses attached, and when at tho foot of Cuba street, near the end of Jcrvois (piay Wharf, the wheels became jainhed in the railway line just as a. train was approaching. The engine-driver states that owing to the absence of lights on the express he was unable to distinguish the vehicle until the engine was in close proximity. He then blew the whistle, but the express did not leave the track, and the result was that almost immediately a collision occurred, the express being smashed up. Riley was so severely injured that, on being attended to at tho Hospital it was found 1 necessary to remove his right arm above the elbow, his right leg above tho knee, and his left foot at tho ankle. .He was in a state of collapse, and at an early hour this morning only faint hopes wore en. tertainecl of his recovery. Riley is a married man, and has a son about- to. proceed to South Africa with the Sixth Contingent.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4262, 23 January 1901, Page 5
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