CROSSING SMASH

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 67, 19 March 1936, Page 8

CROSSING SMASH

EXPRESS HITS TRUCK MAN'S FATAL INJURIES ( Per Press Association. ) AUCKLAND, March 18. Fatal injuries were suffered by Joseph H. Anslow, single, aged 24, when a truck he was driving collided with the southbound Wellington express at the Ohinewai railway crossing shortly after 5 o'clock this afternoon. Anslow had been collecting goods from the railway goods shed at Ohinewai, and followed a narrow track from the station which runs parallel to the line to meet the main road. When he turned to cross the line the engine of the express struck the trick with « heavy impact, the driver apparently not noticing that the train was behind him. Anslow received severe head injuries. Death was instantaneous. The truck was wrecked. Slight dam. age was caused to the engine and 'he train was delayed for about 50 minutes. The signalling apparatus at ihe station was also affected. Anslow arrived in New Zealand seven years ago and ha* no relative in the country. The body was taken to Huntly, where the inquest will be opened. SLIPPED FROM TRUCK I RAILWAYMAN INJURED ' Pt Press Association, i GORI-:. March 18. i William Matheson, railwayman, married, residing at. .Invercargill, suffered I. even* injuries to the light foot when | assisting shunting at Otiketama this afternoon. He was riding on rhe side of a truck when his fool slipped, a ’wheel passing over it. lie was admitted to hospital. I FELL UNDER LORRY I SMALL BOY KILLED I Per Press Association | DUNEDIN. March IS. ' A five vear-old boy, James Masson. I wo" killed instantly shortly before noon to-dav when he fell under the wheels of a heavy motor-lorry on the main I south road. The victim, with a coml panion, was indulging in the age-old I practice among small, boys of ‘‘ : whipping behind” a moto»-lorrv from Gore. Masson slipped and fell beneath the I rear wheel of the vehicle, which passed j o'er his head, completely crushing it. i The lorry was owned by Messrs R. and F. Wallis (Gore) and was driven Ibv Mr R. L. Agnew. Deceased was a son of Mr and Mrs John Mas’On, -184 • I Main South Road. Caversham.