A SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
Wanganui, April 30
A shocking accident occurred at the railway station to-nighf. As the 9 o’clock train was drawing into the station a man, named Albert Benefield, aged 30, and married, who owns a fruiterer’s shop in the Avenue, fell between the carriages. His left arm was cut off above the elbow, and his left leg mangled below the knee. The unfortunate man was dragged about seventeen yards, and the injured limbs were horribly mutilated. His head was also injured, and the doctor holds out no hope of recovery.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 380, 2 May 1908, Page 3
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92A SHOCKING ACCIDENT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 380, 2 May 1908, Page 3
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