Fatal Accident.
A MAN BUN OVER BY A TEACTION ENGINE.
(united pskss association.) Timahtj, April 16. A man named John Rock was accidentally run over to day by a traction engine belonging to W. Christie, of Seadown. It appears that the deceased was walking m front of the engine holding a lantern on account of it being dark. The driver of the engine said the light suddenly disappeared, and on pulling up found that the engine had partially crushed him. The man was brought into the hospital, and died this morning. The deceased was a single man.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 114, 18 April 1885, Page 2
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97Fatal Accident. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 114, 18 April 1885, Page 2
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