Little Girl Killed
SIX PEOPLE INJURED. SEVERAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION. CRAIN CRASHES THROUGH CULVERT Cnjfed Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received Dec. 29, 10.30 a.m.) . * HOBART, Deo. 29. Sheila Lyons, aged 12 years, was killed and six persons Injured op the north-west coast of Tasmania when a train travelling from Burnle to Wynyard crashed through a oulvert which had been partially washed away by heavy rain.
Only a few passengers were aboard the train, otherwise it is stated the death roll would have been considerable. The engine toppled on its side, the tender plunged into a ditch, and a composite car carrying passengers crashed heavily on the side. . The child Lyons had both her legs severed.
Another girl, Betty Dowling, had one leg out off and the other leg crushed and broken. Her condition is critical. Two of the other injured are in a serious condition.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19462, 29 December 1934, Page 5
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