SAD FATALITY.
». - Chbistohurch:, October 29 About 7 30 a.m. today Michael O'Brien, platelayer, waß killed on the railway between Ohrlatohurcih station and the Gaßworks road. Io was his duty to examine the line, and while doing so he was knocked down by the engine of the Southbrldge train which, with four truoka, passed over him, killing him instantly. Toe driver whistled when starting, bnt apparently deceased did not hear it The tody was terribly mmg'ed, the entrails being strewn aiong the line for half a chain. He was a married man, with 6 children.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1698, 29 October 1887, Page 3
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94SAD FATALITY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1698, 29 October 1887, Page 3
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