ENGINE-DRIVER KILLED.
FATALITY IN WELLINGTON
Wellington, Yesterday
A collision occurred between two engines in the Thorndon railway yard, which resulted in one driver, W. J. Hupkirk, losing his life. One engine was going to Lambton Station, and the other was about to cross die main line. Hopkirk’s engine was struck above (he left cylinder box so forcibly as lo throw it off the. rails on to its side. The fireman got (dear, but: Hopkirk was crushed between the engine and the ground, and was so injured that he died shortly after his removal to the hospital. The signalman, it is stated, saw die engines approaching nun gave (be danger signal, but deceased was on the other side, and could not see it. He was fifty, and leaves a widow.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2218, 21 December 1920, Page 3
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129ENGINE-DRIVER KILLED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2218, 21 December 1920, Page 3
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