FATAL COLLISION.
TRAIN COLLIDES WITH MOTOR CAR,/ Christchurch, Yesterday. This afternoon a fatal accident occurred at a railway crossing a mile west of Kirwee when the Greymouth-Cliristehurch ! express collided with a five-seater car. Henry Weir, a labourer, aged 40, married with three children, was killed. The driver of the car, Arthur Lionel Stewart, a married man aged 45, was seriously injured. The accident occurred at 4.35 p.m. The motor-car was proceeding north towards the crossing which is not considered a dangerous one. It was struck by the express and thrown against a telegraph pole. The driver received cuts to the face and head and was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital in a serious condition. His passenger was ’killed outright. The body of the car was smashed to pieces. The express, it is stated, was passing at 45 miles per hour and the car was travelling at about 25 miles per hour. There were two dogs in the ear at the time of the accident. One was killed and the other so badly hurt that it had to be destroyed.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3692, 17 September 1927, Page 2
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179FATAL COLLISION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3692, 17 September 1927, Page 2
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