RAILWAY FATALITY
CAUSE EXPLAINED
HORSE BACKS ON TO LINE,
P*r T*rA«gi A«*v*laHnu AUCKLAND, October 29.
The fatality was due to the horse backing on to the railway line when alarmed by the noise of the approaching train from Auckland to Henderson. Taylor, who was on a night round and was giving others a lift, was serving a customer when the horse became restive. He jumped aboard the cart to cheek tho animal, but before he could gain control the float had been backed on to tlie line right in front of the engine. The cart was smashed to pieces. Mrs Burt was struck on the head and was picked up dead on the cattle-stop, Taylor also was unconscious on the cattle-stop, while the hov was thrown on to the cattle-stop, with a leg severely injured. The horse was uninjured. The remains of the cart were hurled along the hue, one wheel being found oO feet away but the harness was cut and the horse escaped uninjured.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11663, 30 October 1923, Page 4
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166RAILWAY FATALITY New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11663, 30 October 1923, Page 4
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