ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
Per Press Association. Wellington, April 30. The condition of Mr T. L. Joll, of Taranaki, who sustained a fractured skull In a fall from a traiacar, was this_ afternoon extremely grave, ha having taken a bad turn this morniug.
Christchurch, April 30. A startling collision between an electric car and a heavy waggon attached to a traction engine, occurred on the Riocartcu line to-night. The traction engine, witli several waggons attached, was being driven along the tram track, no lights being shown either in front or behind. The car, which was travelling at the rate of 16 miles an hour, crashed into the rear waggon. The car was crumpled up, but the motorman and passengers miraculously escaped without injury. Wellington, May 1. Mr T. L. .Toll died in the hospital to-day. _
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9134, 1 May 1908, Page 5
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