CROSSING SMASH
— Press Association.)
Married Man Killed
(Bs Telegrapb
AUCKLAND, This Day. One of the worst crossing smashes in the recent history of Auckland occurred at 9.30 to-day, when W. Brainley, married, aged 55, with a grownup family, was killed outright. He was.driving one of Messrs. Winstone's lorries in the new North road when, at St. Jude's street crossing he was struck by a north-bound passenger train. His body was thrown from the truclc about 20 yards down the line, the lorry being carried a further distance of 30 yards. Eye-witnesses said that Mr. Bramley, who was driving slowly, apparently heard and saw the train approaching, for he put up his hand to advise cars he was stopping. His truck continued on and was struck by the engine. It is thought that the lorry brakes failed. Mr. Bramley was the oldest driver in the employ of Winstones, and was rogarded as one of the most careful on the l'oad.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 57, 30 November 1937, Page 4
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