TRAIN STRIKES GIG
LEVEL CROSSING MISHAP Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, last night. Serious injuries were sustained by Robert Breeze, driver of a horse and gig. when his vehicle was struck Gy a train at a level crossing in Templeton this evening. Breeze was ta-.cen to hospital. His condition is critical. The train was a special goods train from Culverden to Christchurch. Apparently Breeze did not see it as he approached the crossing. The engine struck the vehicle on the wheel, swept it over the cattle stops and down the line a distance of 30 yards. Breeze was carried with it some distance and was then thrown dear of the rails. He suffered 'severe injuries to the head and bodv.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17185, 15 February 1930, Page 14
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