FIVE KILLED.
Roman Catholic Party In Level Crossing Smash. AFTER HEARING CARDINAL. (Received 12 noon.) MELBOURNE, this day. Five were killed in a level crossing accident near Geelong when a special train crashed into a motor wagon on which a number of people were returning from the Catholic cemetery at Werribee, where Cardinal Ceretti had been officiating. The killed are:—Leslie Hargreaves, aged 25; Fred Leary, aged 20; Bessie and Eileen Smallcombe; and Helen Kelly, all aged fifteen. Six others of the same families were injured.
CROSSING SMASH.
ENGINE STALLS ON LINE.
(Received 12 noon.)
ADELAIDE, this day.
A motor train bound from Moonta to Adelaide collided with a motor lorry at the Snowton level crossing. George azed 60, was killed and eight members of the same family were injured. All were performers in a touring circus. The accident occurred through the engine of the car stalling on the level crossing at the very moment when the train was due.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 232, 1 October 1928, Page 7
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