RAILWAY CROSSINGS TAKE TOLL ONCE MORE
TWO WOMEN KILLED VIEW OF LINE HIDDEN BY ROADSIDE WEEDS [Per Press Association.] HAMILTON, Jan. 1 29. A car containing five people returning from holidays was within 100 yards of their home at Horotiu when it was struck by the Roto-rua-Auckland express this afternoon.
Mrs Alice Armstrong was killed instantly Thc <ar was driven by her iiusband and also contained his young daughter and two lady relatives name » Howse, of Auckland. All were seriously injured and Miss Violet Howse died on the way to the hospital. . The crossing is a bad one, being approached by a rise, on which there is a considerable amount of noxious weed growth, which obscures the view of the line until within a few yards of | the crossing.
ONE KILLED, THREE SERIOUSLY INJURED
THREE OTHERS HURT [Per Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH Jan. 1. Yesterday afternoon a car driven by John De Latour, of Grange Hills, South Canterbury, was struck by a train at Weedons, and Phyllis Benson, aged 14, died of her injuries. Of the other six occupants, Mrs de Latour is suffering from injuries to the head and back and her condition is serious, Josephine Benson, aged 4, has her condition is critical, John De Laa compound fracture of the left hip and tour, aged 2.8, has injuries to the face and body and his condition is serious, and Mira Benson, Cyril De Latour and Lenora Benson ar e suffering minor injuries, »
The driver did not see the train till it struck the car.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 1, 2 January 1929, Page 7
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