LEVEL CROSSING FATALITY.
Gamaru, August 20,
A fatality occurred at a level crossing near the town this evening. Miss Annie Perks, employed at the Boys’ High School, walked into the incoming express train, and was so badly injured that she died soon after.
The lady was afflicted by deafness, and did not hear the whistle or the shouts of two boys who saw fier walking towards the approaching train. The driver had no time to pull'up the train. Some time ago an old man was killed at the same crossing.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1136, 21 August 1913, Page 3
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90LEVEL CROSSING FATALITY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1136, 21 August 1913, Page 3
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