OLD MAN KILLED
STRUCK BY ENGINE. J|l NEW PLYMOUTH, Monday. TOtc-uck by an engine at the Weymouth Strteelfe crossing at 1.30 p.m. Robert Hyde Maee, aged 81, a New Plymouth resident, died in hospital a:t 4.15' o’clock. The right leg was sewered above the ankle and and the left leg bruised. BEdek .caused death. Maee apparently came from" Kawaroa Park, which is alongside the railway and crossed in front of the engine, which was proceeding from the Morley Street sheds to the station to draw the midday express to Wanganui. It is stated that the engine whistle was sounded but Mace., who was somewhat deaf, did not hear it and walked on to the crossing. The engine, one of the AB type, was travelling slowly and stopped within 50 feet on a downward. grade. It was. drii en bj F. Scott, of Wanganui. Thiet crossing is not regarded as dangerous. —(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 13 June 1933, Page 5
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