KILLED ON CROSSING
By Telegraph—Press Association.
FARMER AT TEMPLETON CAR STRUCK BY TRAIN
Christchurch, Aug. 4. j Negotiating a railway crossing at Templeton, on the main south line at 9 o'clock this morning, Frederick Fine, farmer, of Templeton, married, was killed outright when a motor-car which he was driving was strtjck by the south-bound passenger express from Christchurch. The express, which had two locotnotives, was four minutes late In leaving Christchurch and consequently was a few minutes late in arriving at Templeton. The crossing is a clear one when approached from the main road and is about one and a-half chains wide. Rain was falling and there was a moderate southwesterly wind blowing at the time of the accident. i
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1937, Page 6
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