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THE BUNNYTHORPE FATALITY.

SCHOOL: CHILDREN. ROT. INTO. The Manawatu Standard gives, details of the accident of which word was telegraphed on Wednesday. It says: The scene of the fatality was on the crossing opposite the Bunnythorpe Hotel, Butinythorpe. It appears that four children (two girls and two boys) of. Mrs. Helen Pedersen, of Bunnythorpe, were proceeding homewards from school in a spring cart, and while cro3isng the line they were run into by the southbound! New Plymouth express. The engine struck the horse, killing it and throwing it aside. The cart, which was smashed to pieces, was carried for about a chain or so. One of the children, Jean, was instantaneously killed, two others were seriously hurt, while the fourth, Phyllis, aged 14 years, escaped practically uninjured. Of the two who were injured, Alexander, aged 14, sustained a fractured skull and a compound fracture of the leg, and Ronald, who is one year his junior, received severe scalp wounds and a fractured thumb. According to an eye-witness the children, who had been warned several times previously to be careful, were driving a spring cart used to carry milk to the factory, and stopped at a trough just before reaching the crossing and watered their horse. After that they drove on as if to negotiate the crossing. Apparently they neglected to look if the line was clear, for, on reaching the rails, they seemed to pause momentarily, as if they had just observed the oncoming train, and almost the same instant the engine bore down upon them. To all appearances, immediately before the impact, the eldest girl Jjad the presence of mind to jump out of the cart clear of the rails, for all the injury she received was a few scratches. The train was pulled up without a jar within its own length, and, aocording to our informant, it was not travelling very fast at the time. Tn his statement to the Feilding police, who were early on the scene of the fatality, the engine-driver said that the whistle was blown on approaching the crossing. From all accounts it would appear that the unfortunate children did not realise their predicament until it was too late, and the lad Ronald, who was driving, unsuccessfully endeavored to pull the horse back

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Taranaki Daily News, 31 May 1919, Page 8

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THE BUNNYTHORPE FATALITY. Taranaki Daily News, 31 May 1919, Page 8

THE BUNNYTHORPE FATALITY. Taranaki Daily News, 31 May 1919, Page 8

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