A NARROW ESCAPE
YOUTH ASLEEP ON RAILWAY LINE. ' Dunedin, October 21. Thomas Treloar (19 years of age), a resident of Sawyer’s Bay, had a narrow escape from death at the month of the Blanket, Bay tunnel yesterday. He had been to a dance at Rawensbourne, and when returning home fell asleep by the railway line. The early morning train from Dunedin to Palmerston, though strongly braked on sighting him, struck him, inflicting broken ribs and a bruised body.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2952, 22 October 1925, Page 3
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78A NARROW ESCAPE Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2952, 22 October 1925, Page 3
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