RAILWAYMAN KILLED
TRAIN strikes jigger. J 'Through being struck by a train ~i while riding on a Jigger Mr. Lyndon Hill, a railway surfaceman, was skilled near Cowell’s Crossing, about halt mu im.il© south of Huntly station, abou ~,7,45 this evening. ..,,1.1 Mr. Hill was returning home and had iVjDoo-rly readied a bend in the line, when viaKcf Auckland-Frankton goods train struck the jigger. He received head in- . Juries, from which he died before medi-4-cal aid could be obtained. : Apparently Mr. Hill did not notice ~4110 headlight of the engine until it was ... close upon him. It is believed that he jumped off ind was attempting to drag the jigger clear of the line when the collision occurred. The engine-driver applied the brakes at once and brought the train to a standstill in a short distance. Mr. Hill’s body, badly mutilated, . was .found, beside the line. Mr. Hill was single, aged ,40, years. IJjC bro they, at TauplrJ,, (t>! • ... ji ■ '
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1930, Page 11
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