A RAILWAY FATALITY.
STONE CRASHES INTO MOVING TRAIN.
WOMAN PASSENGER KILLED
[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.! WELLINGTON, Feb. 20
A fatal accident occurred near Paekakariki to-day. As the north-bound Napier express was running down, an incline just to the south of Paekakariki railway station a big stone, which had evidently been dislodged* from the top of the bill, eamg crashing down a steep face, and -truck one ear with tremendous force, killing Alice Power, a taiToress, of Greymoutih. The other occupants of the car were uninjured. The damaged car was taken off at Paeka. kariki, and 1 tlie train resumed its journey.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3150, 21 February 1911, Page 4
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100A RAILWAY FATALITY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3150, 21 February 1911, Page 4
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