THIS MASS OF TWISTED METAL was all that remained of the Government motor-car in which four nurses and a driver were killed when the workers’ train from Islington to Christchurch struck the vehicle on the Sock burn crossing at 5.30 on Monday evening. The driver of the engine, which overturned, was also killed. A portion of the wrecked track can be seen behind. THE SUN photographer was the first cameraman on the scene and remained till after midnight. (Further pictures appear on the back page of this issue.)
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1002, 19 June 1930, Page 1
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88THIS MASS OF TWISTED METAL was all that remained of the Government motor-car in which four nurses and a driver were killed when the workers’ train from Islington to Christchurch struck the vehicle on the Sock burn crossing at 5.30 on Monday evening. The driver of the engine, which overturned, was also killed. A portion of the wrecked track can be seen behind. THE SUN photographer was the first cameraman on the scene and remained till after midnight. (Further pictures appear on the back page of this issue.) Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1002, 19 June 1930, Page 1
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