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RAILROAD FATALITIES

•OUTER KILLED AT GLEN EDEN

Auckland, Last Night. A fatal accident occurred at Glen Eden railway station shortly after three o’clock, the victim being the porter in charge of the station, Alexander MacParlane, who fell in front of the in-hound train from Swanson, as it was entering the station, both legs being praetieally severed. MacParlane died in hospital at five o’clock. Deceased was married, 35 years of age, with three young children. An eye-wit-ness says deceased went forward towards the incoming train, presumably to deliwr t!>•■ tablet, but when about t,ln\e ted iivm the engine his foil, slipped. He endeavoured to recover his balance, and spun round, but overbalanced, falling face downwards against the engine and beI ween the engine and the station platform. The engine driver applied the brakes and brought the train to a standstill within a carnage length. The wheels, however had passed over both legs, which were almost severed at the knee. Deceased had been in New Zealand for II years, being in the railway service all that time. He was secretary of the Glen Eden school com-, mittee, and was highly respected in the district. STOCKTON MINE Tit AGED Y. INQUEST ON POTTER'S DEATH. Westport, Last Night. An inquest, touching the deatli of Trey lon Potter was held at Stockton this afternoon, by Ms M. P. Law ry, S.M. James McCabe, locomotive driver in the Stockton Company’s service, gave evidence that he was proceeding with a rake of 20 empty trucks to the new mine. Witness was in the loco, dliving and deceased on the brake car at the rear of tltc trucks. The full rake of trucks passed through the tunnel, then oil i'ii the rails caused the loco wheels to skid and the rake began to run back. Witness put his full brake down and then looked round and saw deceased putting down bis brake, which witness considered he should not have done. Possibly deceased thought, the trucks had become uncoupled. Witness signed to him not to take any weight. There was nothing to cause alarm. They went a few yards into the tunnel, when the rake was pulled up by the stoppage at the rear. Witness waited for some time for deceased to come forward, and when he did not appear witness wen! to investigate, and found deceased’s body under the van and between two side wheels, apparently crushed, and later found he was dead.

The check inspector was 1 of the opinion flint the cause of the loco slipping back was oil dropping on the running rail, but there was nothing to show how deceased got off i he brake car. A verdict was reiurnek that death was due to shock, caused by injury, and was instantaneous, no blame being aft .tellable to anyone.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2682, 12 January 1924, Page 2

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RAILROAD FATALITIES Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2682, 12 January 1924, Page 2

RAILROAD FATALITIES Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2682, 12 January 1924, Page 2

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