RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
CAR SMASHED TO ATOMS; OCCUPANT ESCAPES. Dcnnevirke, Juno 4; A miraculous escape from a fatal accident occurred this morning at Allardice Street crossing, when, a motor car driven by Airs Fisher, of Terehunga, collided with a train. Mi's Fisher was the only occupant of the car, and she was thrown to the front part of the ear, the cushion, with her on it, being caught by the engine’s eow.-eateher and carried about .100 yards till the train was pulled up. Airs Fisher sustained bruises, and is suffering from shock. The ear.was smashed to splinters, BRAKE INSPECTOR INJURED. Palmerston N., June 4. Justin Ronayne, brake inspector on the railway, was walking along the line near Palmerston station last night, when he was overtaken by the second Auckland express, which threw him off the line, break-, ing one leg and fracturing a rib. He was taken to the hospital, where he is progressing satisfactorily.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1986, 5 June 1919, Page 3
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154RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1986, 5 June 1919, Page 3
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