STRUCK BY ENGINE
ELDERLY MAN’S DEATH. (Per United Press Association.) New Plymouth, June 12. Struck by an engine at the Weymouth street crossing at 1.30 p.m. Robert Hyde Mace, aged 81, a New Plymouth resident, died in the hospital at 4.15. His right leg was severed above the ankle and his left leg bruised. Shock caused his death. Mace apparently came from Kawaroa Park which is alongside the railway and crossed in front of an engine proceeding from the Morley street sheds to the station to draw the mid-day express to Wanganui. It is stated that the engine whistle sounded, but Mace, who was somewhat deaf, did not hear it and walked on to the crossing. The engine, an AB type, was travelling slowly and stopped within 50 feet on a downward grade. It was driven by F. W. Scott, of Wanganui. The crossing is not regarded as dangerous.
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Southland Times, Issue 22040, 13 June 1933, Page 6
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149STRUCK BY ENGINE Southland Times, Issue 22040, 13 June 1933, Page 6
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