Rule, photo. A MOTORMAN KILLED CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO CARS. The motorman in charge of the car shown in the picture is Thomas A. Thompson, who was killed in Hobson-street. Auckland, on the evening of November 29 by being crushed between two cars. The deceased's car No. 71, had broken down, and he was coupling up to No. 70, which was to push the disabled vehicle back to the depot, when a third car coming up struck No. 70, causing it to bump into the one in front. Thompson was stooping down at the moment attending to the coupling, and his head was crushed between the buffers of the two cars, death being instantaneous.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 23, 7 December 1910, Page 21

Rule, photo. A MOTORMAN KILLED CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO CARS. The motorman in charge of the car shown in the picture is Thomas A. Thompson, who was killed in Hobson -street. Auckland, on the evening of November 2 9 by being crushed between two cars. The deceased's car No. 71, had broken down, and he was coupling up to No. 70, which was to push the disabled vehicle back to the depot, when a third car coming up struck No. 70, causing it to bump into the one in front. Thompson was stooping down at the moment attending to the coupling, and his head was crushed between the buffers of the two cars, death being instantaneous.