FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
By Telegraph—Press Association.' BLUFF, May" 19/ A fatal railway accident occulted hers last night. A shunting er/gifre,' going to the Ocean Beach Freezing'' Works, ran into three men—'Wm, Fyfe, John Pratt, and John Henderson, who were .walking to the works along the line. All were thrown into the sea. , / -~- Fyfe was so badly injured that he died shortly after. He was a married man, with a wife and several children, who reside at Kakanui, near Oamaru. Pratt had his lug broken, but Hender3oii, beyond a few bruises, escaped without injury. Fyfe and Henderson were woolcla.'sers, and Pratt agent for Mr Sullivan, rabbit merchant. A severe gala was blowing at the ! time. All the men were sober. I
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3194, 20 May 1909, Page 5
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120FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3194, 20 May 1909, Page 5
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