LAST NIGHT'S NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] Fatal Railway Accident. WELLINGTON, Last Night.
A man named "William "Williamfs Kemp, son., a mill hand, was killed on "Wellington- Greylown railway on S iturday. It appears he was intoxicated, and sitting asleep on the platform at Silvcr-Slreum station, when the steps of the fii'bt carriage cough this logs, tlnowinghimundertho wheels. Both 1p<?« were broken, and the body fearfully nuugled. No blame is attached to the driver of the engine, he not having- time to pull up when the deceased was observad. An inquest is to be hold,
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Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1233, 25 May 1880, Page 3
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94LAST NIGHT'S NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] Fatal Railway Accident. WELLINGTON, Last Night. Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1233, 25 May 1880, Page 3
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