ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
I'lCll I'lliwa association-. Wbm.ixuton, December 18: Earnest Charles Boirne was killed by a fall of earth at the excavation works at Kilbirnie to-day. Jnvkkcahoim,, December It). A serious accident happened at Vetken street crossing this afternoon. As the express from Dunedin was coming in it ran into a milk cart driven by a youth. The horse was killed and ■the hoy, who Has seriously injured, wa:i taken to the hospital. Later. The driver of the cart was Charles Clark, aged 15, who was thrown out with great violence, and died from his injuries two hours' later. The lad was driving from the South where he had a fair view of the line for some yards, but got on the rails, and the horse did not respond quickly enough. It is also said that his attention was diverted by boys running behind the cart as it approached the crossing. An accident has been looked by observant, people since the mail train was inaugurated, as it comes into town at, great speed, and crosses seven streets in less than half a mile with the merest toot of a whistle.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8007, 19 December 1905, Page 2
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190ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8007, 19 December 1905, Page 2
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