ENGINES COLLIDE.
.WITH FATAL RESULT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Dec. 20. A collusion occurred between two engines in the Thorndon .railway yard, which resulted in one driver, W.'j. Hopkirk, losing his life. One engine. was going to Lamb ton station, and the other.. was about to cross the main line. Uopkirk's engine was struck above the left cylinder box so forcibly as to throw it off the rails on to its side. The firemen got clear, but Hopkirk was crushed between the engine and the ground and so injured that he died shortly after his removal to hospital.
The signalman, it is stated, saw the engines approaching and gave the danger signal, but deceased was on the other side and could not see it. He was 50 years of age and leaves a widow.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 December 1920, Page 3
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134ENGINES COLLIDE. Taranaki Daily News, 21 December 1920, Page 3
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