FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
TWO MEN KILLED. By Telegraph—Press Association. PALMERSTON N., May 6. William Auchinachie, an old and respected resident of Palmerston North, was Killed by the mail train this afternoon. The deceased was 60 years old and crippled with rheumatism. Crossing the line as the train approached he absent mindedly took no notice of the whistles. The towcatcher carried him a distance of two chains, and he was shockingly mutilated, death resulting almost immediately. The late Mr Auchinachie was a native of Scothnd, and lived for some years at Kaikoura and Rangiora. Patrick Coe, storekeeper at Koputarua, was killed by the afternoon train from Wellington yesterday. He fell asleep on the line on the way home from Shannon and the train ran over his head.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3183, 7 May 1909, Page 5
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126FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3183, 7 May 1909, Page 5
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