ENGINE STRIKES GIG
LEVEL CROSSING SMASH DRIVER BADLY HURT Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Today. Serious injuries were suffered by Mr. Robert Breeze, the driver of a horse and gig, when his vehicle was struck by a train at the level crossing at Templ,eton last evening. Mr. Breeze was taken to hospital, and his condition is critical. The train was a special goods train from Culverden to Christchurch. Apparently Mr. Breeze did not see it as he approached the crossing. The engine struck a wheel of the vehicle and swept it over the cattle-stops down the line for a distance of 30 yards. The driver was carried with it some distance, and then thrown clear of the rails. He suffered severe injuries to the head and body.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 898, 15 February 1930, Page 6
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