A NARROW ESCAPE.
(liY TELKGKAPH. —OWN COIiHBSPOXDEST.) Auckland, Last Nipht. A man , Patrick Dougherty had a narrow escajie from lieitiß cut to pieces this inorninpr. by the Knipata train. He was lying across the line at Kauohi, and when the train passed up tlm cowcatcher on the (lie eiiu'imi struck and throw l;iin oiF tl:e lino. Ti.o train w.o at "i;c<i stopped, and the inj'u?d lain picke.; up and t-iki'ii on to i!,.; iicvt st-itimi. lie airiv.ivl ill town by Ih' " 3"> train from Jlelensvillc. The police authorities had a constable wnitiiifj with nn ambnhinc« van at Mount Kden Station, to convey the injured man to the Hospital. The nature of his injuries have not yet linen ascertained.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2979, 18 August 1891, Page 2
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118A NARROW ESCAPE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2979, 18 August 1891, Page 2
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