TRAGEDY ON TRAIN.
SWEETHEART'S FUTCK. VAIN EFFORT TO SAVE LOVER. LONDON , , August 22. A remarkable story of pluck is revealed in n sweetheart-; vain effort to ,-aye her lover's life on the Brighton railway. James Kiddell, .aged '!-, who was standing in a carriage, fell backI ward through the window of the. door. !As ho fell his sweetheart clutched his leg and tenaciously held on. Passengers pulled one of the communication cords, which, however, broke, and the other failed to stop the train. Assisted by her brother, the girl grimly gripped Kiddell. whoso body was swaying over the metals as the train rushed'on through several stations. The holder's strength was growing weaker and weaker, and just, as the train was slowing down at v station the girl fainted. Kiddell fell between the platform and the train and was picked up dead, his head having struck several objects while dangling on the line.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 206, 30 August 1921, Page 5
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