SCHOOL GIRL FALLS FROM TRAIN
i BODY TERRIBLY MILITATED. Pukekohe, March 31. A Pukekohe Technical High School girl, named Lily Isabella Reid, aged 14, whose parents reside at Ponga, near Papakura, met her death in tragic circumstances this morning. Deceased was a passenger by the train which arrives at Pukekohe at 9.10 o’clock. When GOO yards north of Pukekohe Station deceased left the carriage for the platform, presumably with the intention of being the first to disembark, hut fell off. Her clothing evidently became entangled. The body was terribly mutilated', No ione witnessed the accident, but upon arrival at the station her schoolmates informed the station master that the girl was missing. Two porters sent out to search located the body.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19270402.2.18
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3621, 2 April 1927, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
121SCHOOL GIRL FALLS FROM TRAIN Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3621, 2 April 1927, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in