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an EXpUlf Collides wits£&> # train. r^-!'^ ■* SE^vEMaL" PEBiSdiJil 'KILLED;'"' ' OTHSB&S MAIMED AND*! ~f^ r MANGLED. :j :;.;!•, lfl , (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION;!) •* .-' 'CH?ISTCHn?CH, l?hi» Daf; 1 ;!'. goln^ $o-uliyin an express waggon for a picnic to Wopdend seabeach, wheii tbi^j^ train from dhVistchurch came up tit trie' crossing. The driver did not notice itj! and tlie^i^*a£ intb.'/pie; express cutting the horses away vanft; sewjrt^; ifQWmgi gem™ l occupants. David Kerr, son of a well-known builder about 20 years old died m a few minutes. 1 Miss Maggie marill lost an arm and leg, i and ..has since died. Donald MfcKa^, '.l JfifoßmitnVand tao ; 6thervsbns of Mr\ Kjer* 1 are reported also dead, but m (jonse- • quence of theVholiday, reliable details are" sribt«ssily p^pcurablej }j \\ : \ ■ j .j,.,]
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 15, 16 December 1884, Page 3
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125TRAGIC OCCURRENCE Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 15, 16 December 1884, Page 3
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