A FATAL ACCIDENT.
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DUNEDIN, las’, ffighi. Ah inquest was held to-day touchfi’.e, the death of William George •Sher fieri, whose leg was badly in lured while shunting hi the railway yard '-Uiu who died from the effects of the sl , , ' < - 1 '- fbe inquest was adjourned '•'l nest day, alter evidence had been taken. The deceased was in charge °f li ‘d shunting, and was on the step
tJ,<! engine when the buffer-beam of the engine struck the trucks, which were foul of the road on which the engine was travelling, and thus caused the accident. The engine-driver ■tad just relieved another man about a minute before the accident. The adjournment is with the view of getting cvit dice as to whether the driver or s.unter was responsible for seeing mat ail was clear.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 827, 27 February 1903, Page 2
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136A FATAL ACCIDENT. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 827, 27 February 1903, Page 2
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