FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
By Telegraph—Fr j ss Association. AUCKLAND, Fe'irm-y 9. While some trucks w.-re bemg shunted at Ohakune at two o'clock this morning, guard W. Bailey was riding on the cowcatcher of the shunting engir.e, and either slipped or lo:t his hold and)f ?11 off. The engine and trucks passed over his body. His neck and back were broken, and the body terribly battered.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3112, 10 February 1909, Page 5
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65FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3112, 10 February 1909, Page 5
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