CROSSING SMASH
(Press Assn.-
woman receives serious injuries in collision with train UNFO.RTUNATE INTERRUPTION
-By Telegraph — Copyrlght).
Whangarei, Wednesday. Mrs. D. G. Gordon, 'of Taihape, the mother of seven children,' suffered a f^acture of the base of the skull and scalp Iacerations when the car in which s'he was being drivep to Whangarei by Mr. W« B. Claris, of Marua (a relative with whom she had holidaying). was struck by the express at Kamo l'evel crossing to-day. The victim is in hospital in a serious condition. The car .was almost over the line when Mrs. Gordon, realising the proximity of the train, called out, causing Mr. Claris, to eas'e his f oot on the accelerator. But for this the car would have escaped a collision.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 600, 3 August 1933, Page 5
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125CROSSING SMASH Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 600, 3 August 1933, Page 5
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