SOUTHLAND FATALITY.
WOMAN STRUCK BY CAR, Ter Press Association. INVERCARGILL, July 2. An accident which had fatal results occurred when Mrs S. McDermott, widow, aged 69, of 47 Martin Road, was knocked down by a motor car in Tav Street and received severe head injuries which resulted in her death today.
MAN KILLED BY TRAIN Per Press Association.
TE AWAMUTU, July 2. A fatality occurred at the railway station this morning. When the northbound Limited express was leaving, Maurice Keith Laird, married, aged 41, a returned soldier who had recently arrived from Westmere to take over a farm near Ohaupo, was killed. Mr Laird came from the farm to meet a young employe© arriving bv the express. When stepping off the train Mr Laird’s clothing caught and he wa.s dragged about a hundred yards and shockingly mutilated. Nobody saw the accident,"but after the train had gone a porter saw a dark object lying near the water tank and an investigation revert led the body.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 182, 3 July 1937, Page 11
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