AUCKLAND.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4459, 20 April 1883, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

This day;

The woman, Mrs Lee, who was run over by the traia yesterday, is much easier to«day, and hopes are intertained for her recovery. The following are the full particulars of the accident : —She left her home for a stroll late in the afternoon, and proceeded down to the railway line, which is about three quarters of a mile distant. It is believed that her object wag;;to', visit a, lady friend who resided some distance farther alon&. At six o'clock, when the Onehunga train'was rpuadihgi the* sharp^ curve betwjßen Te Papa and Onehuaga the' engine-driver saw a woman a short distance a* head. She - evidently did not see or hear the approaching locomotive as no effort was made to get out of the way, while on the other hand the distance was so short that there was no time to stop the train. The cowcatcher struck Mrs Lee, throwing her violently off the rails; a stoppage of the train was effected, when' it was found that the injuries sustained by the woman were of [a most serious nature. Dr Scott was sent for, while a man on horseback rode over toj acquaint Mr ■ Lee with the occurrence; the examination by the doctor revealed the facts that the toes-and a portion of the left foot of the woman had been literally torn off, an arm was broken, and her skull was fractured in addition to other bruises.: Her removal to the hbs* pital was ordered and she was conveyed thither in a spring cart attended by her husband.