RAILWAY TRAFFIC INSPECTOR KILLED.
JIGGER. MEETS TRAIN IN CUTTING. Te Kuiti, Last Night. Mr J. Bremner, traffic inspector at Oliaknne, was killed by a special goods train from Hamilton, 1 : ( ! miles south of Otorohanga, at about 4.30 Ibis afternoon. Mr Bremner. was proceeding on a jigger toward Otorohanga when he met the train in a cutting as it was coming round a corner. Driver Malone applied the emergency brakes and the train was stopped promptly hut too late ;<> avoid a collision. Mr. Bremner sustained fearfu-l injuries and death was instantaneous. He was a married man with three children, the youngest six weeks old.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2908, 11 July 1925, Page 3
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103RAILWAY TRAFFIC INSPECTOR KILLED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2908, 11 July 1925, Page 3
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