RAILWAY FATALIJY.
A MAN DECAPITATED. (By TelegrapU-—Press Association.) TIMAEU, this day." A man, whose name is unknown, was killed on the railway this morning about a -mile from Pl&asant Point. As the train was approaching a culvert, the man, who was hidden from view 'beneath the rails, stood up, and the engine severed his head from his body. His head rolled down the embankment, and his body was dragged several yards, badly mangled, by the train.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 204, 29 August 1910, Page 5
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