FATAL MOTOR COLLISION.
RAILWAY ENGINE STRIKES MOTOR,, CAR.
By Telegraph.—Press Association Marton, Last Nighx
A fatal collision occurred this afternoon at Pukepapa Road railway crossing, Mjarton, between a motor car and a goods train. Douglas McLean, a youth of 13, was driving hig mother and sister home. The side curtains were down and the hood up, and they approached the railway line without noticing the train. The engine struck the car wrecking it completely, and throwing the occupants out. Mrs. Donald McLean, who is a widow, and a well respected resident of the Rangitikei district, was instantaneously killed. The driver; who sustained a broken jaw and severe shock, is in a semi-conscious state. Miss McLean enped without injury.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1916, Page 4
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118FATAL MOTOR COLLISION. Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1916, Page 4
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