CROSSING TRAGEDY
A KEEPER KILLED
(By Telegraph—Press Association).
CHRISTCHURCH, April 11.. While endeavouring to keep back a motor cyclist from crossing the railway when an electric train from Lyttelton was approaching Arliura, William Bright, riged 52, a married man with six children, was himself struck by the train, run over, and killed instantly, His body was carried about seventy yards, and was terribly mutilated.
Bright was a one armed ex-service man. He was the crossing-keeper at Watham Road, the scene of many accidents. He had been at the crossing for several months, and was previously employed at others. The electric trains are more silent than steam trains. They approach this crossing at about fifteen miles an hour.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1930, Page 5
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117CROSSING TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1930, Page 5
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