ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
SUICIDE OF RAILWAY ENGINEDRIVER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Saturday Night. A few minutes after arrival at Mosgiel of the train which left Dunedin at 1.5 p.m., the engine-driver, John Major, walked into an outhouse and shot mmself through the head. Death was instantaneous. Deceased was about 52 years of age, and he had been in tile railway service for 30 years. Insomnia had troubled him lately, and, being unwell, he was relieved of his usual express duty and put to much easier work on short journeys. In one of deceased s pockets there was a note containing this message:—"Giv,j my watch to Tom McConncll, my old mate, who looked after ine in mv trouble."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 294, 7 December 1908, Page 2
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117ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 294, 7 December 1908, Page 2
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