SAD FATE
FOR UNEMPLOYED CLERK. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, August 23. Charles Arthur Booker, aged 44, years, an unemployed law clerk'- ' who had been living in a hut at Stewart’s Gully -on the south bank of the Waimakariri River, was run over and killed last evening by a train that was proceeding to Christchurch from Kaiapoi. The driver stated that half a* mile past Kaiapoi he had seen a dark object on the rails, but he was unable to stop before striking it. Several carriages passed over the body before the train was brought to a standstill.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1931, Page 6
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98SAD FATE Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1931, Page 6
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