CROSSING TRAGEDY
MINISTERIAL TRAIN STRIKES A LORRY. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) INVERCARGILL.,Jan. 7. The level crossing at the Mokolua railway station was the scene of a bad smash late this afternoon, when a sr>e:-ial train in which the Minister of Railways (Hon. A\ r . B. Taverner), who is mailing a tour of the branch lines of Southland, was travelling, struck a' motor lorry containing two men and a little, girl. As the result of the impact, Alexander William Kelly, carrier, aged 31 years, residing in AVilli-im Street, Invercargill, received a broken leg and severe injuries to the head, to which he succumbed in the Southland Hospital this evening. His daughter, Ethel Kelly, aged’: seven years, who accompanied him, sustained a broken leg and was very severely shocked and bruised. Her condition is stated to be very serious. The other occupant of the lorry was Thomas Phillips, a casual labourer. who was badly bruised. The injured were placed on hoard the train and taken to Southland Hospital.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1930, Page 3
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