A FATAL ACCIDENT
YOUNG MAN KILLED AT LAMBTON station: ' ,v A fatal accident occurred .in the : shunting yard at Lanibton Station yesterday; the victim was Alfred James Barber, a young railway porter, -aged 18 years, who had been only' throe • months in the Railway Service. He was crossing the yard and apparently"" did not see a lot of trucks which had been "slipped" by an engine down one of the lines. The leading truck knocked him down and passed over him, causing- -fearful-injuries;; • Barber, was taKon'to the •hospital in -h~ critical'"condition, and; lie succumhcd to bis hurts at 3.40 p.m.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2866, 2 September 1916, Page 8
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100A FATAL ACCIDENT Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2866, 2 September 1916, Page 8
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