Fatal Accident to a Guard.
Dunedil^, Dec. 31. John Whiteman, the guam of the Invercargil express train, was\ killed on the jouruey to Dunediu, near Levell's Flat. It appears he was walking on the top of the carriages to reach the&rear of the train, and, having his bactVo the engine, he did not observe the proxyjinity . of an overbridge. He was struck, fiV° w -.jf ever, by the lower part of the bridgeSogg| the back of the head aud killed instaltiH tly. Whiteman leares a wife and thre^H children. His wife is away from honiej^| but she has been telegraphed to.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 27, 2 January 1885, Page 2
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101Fatal Accident to a Guard. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 27, 2 January 1885, Page 2
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