SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
———r'V. ■ ■■ '' OX THE LIXB NEAE PETONE.. ■ A'very serious accident occurred railway line near i Pet one 'shortly.: before 10 o'clock last night. The train which leaves the city fit 9.25 p.m. was approaching Petone some twenty minutes later, anil" when near the spot where the read crosses the line the engine knocked down. 1 , and .ran over an old man, who was in. the act of crossing the. line, inflicting terrible injuries. As soon as'the driver becarao a ware of whaf had, happeued the /' train was stopped; and the injured roari was removed to the . Grand National ' Eotel nearby.' Dr. Harding was then summoned and attended promptly, and.' found that the condition of the patient, was very critical. Both legs were'severed'-' and there were also several injuries to the head. - . v
According to the report received b.v the Wellington police; last night, the. victim of the accident-was a man of about GO years'of age, but his name was unknown. When the train struck him lis was crossing the line, at the crossing on the city side of the Grand • National Hotel. Dr.Harding ocas still with tho patient, at-midnight,'but little hope of a recovery was held out.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1059, 23 February 1911, Page 6
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198SHOCKING ACCIDENT. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1059, 23 February 1911, Page 6
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