HAND OF FATE
There is one man in Palmerston North +oday who is devoting considerable thought to the vagaries of ' destiny. He is Mr. B. T. Sehlin, a soldier of Warld War II, who since his return to New Zealand from overseas, has heen employed as a fireman hy the Railways Department. For many months past he has heen the workmate of Mr. B. M. Craighead, the driver of the locomotive whiqh crashed into the Manawatu River while traversing the Manawatu Gorge at 4.15 a.m. on Tuesday. On Monday, the day prior to the accident, Mr. Sehlin sought a temporary transfer to shunting engines hecause a war woiuid in the leg was msin°- him trouhle. It was a case or him either transferring to a shunting engine. or going off work altbgether on sick leavo. The transfer was grantcd, and his place as fireman to Mr. Craighead was taken hy Mr. R. (5 F. Iloskin. S
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 August 1946, Page 7
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156HAND OF FATE Chronicle (Levin), 22 August 1946, Page 7
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