RAILWAY FATALITY AT LONGBURN.
M A ARIEL MAN KILLED.
A distressing iataiity occuired on ine railway line at Longburn station on Saturday evening wken Harry Charles worth, a married man with live einidren, was run over by an engine engaged in shunting and killed. The accident took place snorliy alter b.Jb p.m., live or six chains on me soumern side oi the station when me engine oi a goods train was shunting. The driver ielt Lne engine bump on the metals and, stopping, investigated me cause, wUen he iound mat a man was lying uiidcrneatn uead, some oi me wheels oi me engine Uaving passed over mni ihe deceased had several innbs broken and had sustained saocking injuries to ins bead. information possessed by the ponce states that the uniortunate man’s bicycle, together will a parcel oi meat, was iound on the roadside near' me locality oi me accident. At o.iJU that evening deceased nad bougnt the meat irom a Aongburn buterier anu nah arranged ior a iurUier supply, lie appealed men to be in a normal state of mind and left me simp to cycle, home. ’ifeoeased resided at f’iakitakuna anu was empioyeh by Messrs Tai'anison and Aasmussen, oi TaLrnerston rvortu, tu weh-boring opei'atlOALS.
*ui mijuest will be Ueld at fannersloai n. to-morrow.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2738, 27 May 1924, Page 3
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214RAILWAY FATALITY AT LONGBURN. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2738, 27 May 1924, Page 3
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