RAILWAY SMASH.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 June 1923, Page 3

RAILWAY SMASH.

( 01.1.1510 N WITH MOTOR CAR. fllY TKI.EtiRAI’II —I’EU PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DAXXKYIRKK .June Id. Ailardyee Street level crossing, which lias been the scene ol several iatalit’.es and serious ai". ideals, was responsible for another bad accident thi- morning, when the first train from the north, running late, dashed into a niotoi e.u containing Miss Joyce Knnsim. the nineteen year eld daughter of Air L. A. Bansom ALP. tor Pnlihuua, and Aliss Hazel Grace Alexted. aged eighteen. the daughter of a retired tanner. Just !u*w the ear got on the line is linkin'.', ti, as it was in view of the approaching train. It "as earned along for fifty-live yards by the engine and badly damaged. Ali-- Ransom ' va ' thrown out at the crossing and Ali-s Mextcd wn- carried along in the tar, and walked hack to Aliss Ransom, who was getting free from dehiis, and then collapsed. Aliss Ransom is seriously injured, having received a severe shock and her condition is grave. Aliss Afexted lias an injury to the leg and leeched a shock, hut is not in danger.

another collision. ’PALMERSTON N-. -Tune 13. The same train wliic-li collided with a motor ear at Danttevirke. injuring two ladies, collided with a taxi-car at a level crossing in the Square shortly before noon. The car was driven \y William Bratldoek-; who sustained concussion, cuts and abrasions and uas liospitalled.