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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 33, 9 June 1915, Page 4

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Shacking Railway Occident TOKO RESSDENT'S death. HEAD SEVERED FROM BODY. A shocking accident occurred about a mile from Toko station this morning. As the outward ballast train passed through Toko the remains of a human body fell off the cowcatcher of the engine. On inspection by bystanders it was found that the head was missing and the body was almost unrecognisable. The remains were later identified as that of Thomas Inglis, a well-known settler of Toko. Deceased, who was an old man of about GO years, was very deaf, and it is quite possible that he may have been walking on the line or crossing it when the train collided with him. Two buckets, one full of milk and the other full of pig feed, were on the side of the line untouched. The driver of the engine was not aware of any accident until Huiroa which is ten miles from the scene of the accident, was reached. The unfortunate man was shockingly cut, the remains being scattered along the line from the probable scene of the accident to Toko Station. Sergeant Dale and Constable McCowan proceeded by car to the scene of the accident, and brought the remains in by train at 10.30 this morning. ■ , An inquest was opened at 3 o'clock to-day.