CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday.
Near Hind's station, Samuel Chesson, fireman on the Southern express, was firing up, standing with one foot on the engine and the other on the tender, when suddenly the couplings parted, find Chessonr fell. The whole train passed over him, mangling him dreadfully. His neck was broken, and the right hand and left foot cut off. He was single, aged 20, and lived at Timn.ru.
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Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1692, 10 May 1883, Page 2
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67CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1692, 10 May 1883, Page 2
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