ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
An accident occurred on the railway line in the Manawatu Gorge fast week 'as a result of which Ganger Currie iwas killed. When a train was passing through the gorge about 11.30 o’clock the driver noticed an overturnjed trolley, with the light still burnjing, lying beside the line. ’1 be train was brought to a standstill and on returning to the spot the driver found the body of Currie lying beside the metals. ' The deceased’s head was terribly injured, and death had apparently been instantaneous. Present) appearances point to the fact that Currie was trying to remove the trolly from the line, when the vehicle «as struck by the engine of the tram, probably the 8 p.m., which passed through from Waipukurau. I
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 89, 21 March 1916, Page 2
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125ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 89, 21 March 1916, Page 2
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