FATAL TRAIN, ACCIDENT
By Telegraph—Press Association. . ■ Waimate, August 30. A distressing fatal -accident occurred at tlio railway station to-day. The 12.40 p.m. train moved out, and had proceeded 55 yards when an alarm was raised that a man had fallen'off the train 011 the offside from the. station. How it happened is not clear. The victim proved to be llr. David Hoare, an old anil highly respected resident. lie Lad tan an inmate of' a hospital ■ for mental trouble for sqme time. Unseen- he left the institution, and reaching the railway station just as fclie train.was m'oving out it is .presumed ho attempted td board it'while it was in motion. Marks were seen where the' body, had been dragged a considerable distance. One was severed at the ankle, and the nee* was broken. Deceased had taken ft prominent part in the Methodist Church,
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3178, 31 August 1917, Page 6
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143FATAL TRAIN, ACCIDENT Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3178, 31 August 1917, Page 6
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