SHOCKING FATALITY.
RUJING ON cOW<’3ATCHER. WHANG.-SLREI, April 24.
Following upon a fatal accident which occurred at Tauraroa. yesterday af't'.'ernoon, whereby the death ensued of :1 Dalniatian named Edward Rakich, the acting-coroner (Mr J. D. McKenzie) held afiiiqtxest. The evidence showed that deceased was working on the ‘railway construction at? Tauraroa. He" Was riding on a cowcatcher of an engine and jumped 01$ before the train stopped. .Evidently- he must have slipped and fallen on the track. Fright.ful injuries'wel'e inflictvedl; 'Rakich being praciticallpr -disem.-. ‘bowellecl. A verdict of accidental death was .re‘tu'i‘ned, the coroner expressing the, opinion that great care should be exercised by enginedrivers. '_to see that nobody rode on the cow: catcher_ . V, :
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3472, 28 April 1920, Page 6
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114SHOCKING FATALITY. Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3472, 28 April 1920, Page 6
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