A SAD FATALITY.
A RAILWAY DRIVER CRUSHED TO DEATH.A HORRIBLE SIGHT. (Per Press Association.) ' "1 Hamilton-, March 27. A sad accident occurred at the Frankton engine :shed at two o’clock this morning, whereby acting-driver George Joseph France, 29, lost his lifev. He was coaling tip prior to running into the shed. Deceased was working a pneumatic crane, and when lifting the load.the crane capsized, pinning him underneath, and crushing nini horribly. Death, was instantaneous. He leaves a young wife and a gmall child.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 77, 27 March 1912, Page 6
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83A SAD FATALITY. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 77, 27 March 1912, Page 6
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