TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Enfflno Oleanor Cut to Pieco3. A terrible accident occurred on tho railway, lino at.;. Crosa' Creek last (Monday) evening. A Fell engine was'leaving the station, for ■ Pig ! r Bush to a-sist tbe Masterlon train up /■s,6 hill, when'a young mail named .JfcGreen, an engine cleaner, attempted tojump aboard, and missins: his hold, fell beneath tho wheels, the locomotive passing right over his body, When picked up, the remains presented a boriiMe appearance. One leg whs completely severed, the fingers of both bands were cut off, and the brains of the poor fellow'were protruding. ' Death was instantaneous, Tho deceased was twenty»one years of age, An inquest is being held at Cross' Creek to-day.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4091, 19 April 1892, Page 3
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114TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4091, 19 April 1892, Page 3
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