CROSSING MISHAP
TRAIN AND MOTOR COLLIDE
Yesterday afternoon a motor-van driven by Mr. A. Carter, and a train met in collision at the Beach Road level crossing. The right-hand rear wheel of the van was smashed, but otherwise no damage was done. Kye-witnesses stale that Mr. Carter was over the crossing and stopped to speak to some one. Suddenly the van began to move backwards and was struck by a train which was moving slowly from the passenger platforms toward the shunting yards. Mr. Carter was not injured.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19271019.2.53
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 179, 19 October 1927, Page 8
Word count
Tapeke kupu
88CROSSING MISHAP Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 179, 19 October 1927, Page 8
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
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