Fatal Railway Accident
■**.._-</ [PBB UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.] CußrtTCHTrnga-r This Day Constable George CartniilC> stationed at M alvern, was^ruri- by^a^ailway truck which was being shunted at the Sheffield railway .station on Saturday night. The night; : being "v^ry 'dark the constable did nqt seethe truck till, it was close to him, and mistook; the direction it was taking. Tne truck contained three tons of flour. . The: front ir heel passed 'over the thigh close-tor "the groin. The thigh was broken* and- aerioujjr internal injurie_" inflicted. " Caftmill* was conveyed. hy'lspeigal tpainl ito. Christchurch^/ and. admitted to the Hospital at . midnight oh' Sunday, and died iat noon yesrterday. He wast 89 years of age and was much respected in his district.
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 43, 23 September 1884, Page 2
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117Fatal Railway Accident Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 43, 23 September 1884, Page 2
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