WALKED INTO TRAIN
LEVEL-CROSSING ACCIDENT WOMAN KNOCKED DOWN An elderly woman, Mrs. F. Cookson, walked into a train at the Gladstone Road level crossing. Mount Albert, just before noon to-day. The signals were down and the bells were ringing, but Mrs. Cookson did not appear to notice them and walked into the moving engine. She was knocked aside by the train and thrown clear of it. When she was picked up she was unconscious and is suffering from a broken left arm and head injuries. It was a miraculous escape, considering the circumstances. Mrs. Cookson is now in the Auckland Public Hospital, where she was taken by the St. John Ambulance after being treated by Dr. A. O. Knight. The train, which left Auckland at 11.30 o’clock for New Lynn, was not travelling fast at the time of the accident. A witness of the accident said that Mrs. Cookson had gone out to do some shopping. She was walking with her head down. The injured woman resides at the corner of Frederick and Williams Streets, Mount Albert.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19270917.2.128
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 152, 17 September 1927, Page 13
Word Count
177WALKED INTO TRAIN Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 152, 17 September 1927, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in