A Terrible Maining.
• M rcjnarka^le 1 instance oi entfiir^ ance .by , the American 'papers. '' Recehil^ a brakesman was mjfjised from a.l^^age.traui irunnjng 'on'ihe^S'usqueharina'divisioii of the ,New.york anjd) >y,estern Railway. Ji u<as ce>njeetUredithdtibe had fa]lr •en from tM'tt-kin, and a ; fcquple of ■ ; men^'with)j^locomotfv;e'^re sent to .look fpr h)jtu A^ecJd^tttd^iiSSt been ( <?qnjtijijaed §»J^.w&Jft' they perceived thie missing employe I coming along toTfrar'ds^ihem m a nu«sil#tedj state wliich.woulfl.ha]/e]jeft few: 'men- 1 1 ,jib^e§ t^ ' .Wo* ': 'His^th jng " *a^ was dripping with bloody jand his : -ciit off from ••th-^stoiaef^fien^eijfelliyifom the jjtt^^'pesi^s'tfiefgjpjuriejj, he had i^isi^qilaiflboflAJbroken m twoj places, 'ifaurifiribbsM fftfetureid, and {terrible cuts, about his head. Hej related that, as soon as he could recover -.himself* afte? th^traim had passed, over his-arm, he regained |iis feet' an d 'fotin d ; h i s's'e vfe'r'e^ '- fi ijttbj : w hi qb,., ih r e ! c&r*itfel in'his 'r'e'mair^ng' .',%^'d.' : he" had 7 walked m: t]iis i: t^r'r!blq :i( con-, ditioii 1 ujV\vard's' u of;d M 'miie h,(*. met the locomotive. '• ' *T,He p|>or fej-c .low's ■injune* resultea m death fqEty* : eight hours alter he told his story. .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 49, 30 January 1885, Page 4
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178A Terrible Maining. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 49, 30 January 1885, Page 4
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