AGED MAN KILLED.
hurled INTO sea.
STOOD TOO NEAR TO TRAIN
'■ ! (By . Telegraph.—Press;, Association.) ■ WELLINGTON, Tuesday.. , . John T., Meek, an ' old-age pensioner, was killed while .crossing <the : lParemata, railway Mdge-shortly before- : 6;30 pjn. V Mr; .Meek, who fbr the past week had been staying at Faremata> was returning to his lodgings carrying a. bag of shellfish. He stepped aside to allow the rio'-rtm passenger" "train to pass, but was Struck by the step of .the engine and hurled into the sea-belbw. .
v As soon as the'train reached' .Pareraata station' a' boat ;,was . ha:stily dispatched- to recover the body, and a doctor : was summoned.. When tlie. body was- brought ashore, it was found that there was a deep' gash across .the- right temple. ; 'Mr. Meek, who was "85 years of. age, was born in Australia, but had spent most of'his. life in : New iZealand. Hie is stirvived'by- a ; widow,;three sons and two ' - ->■' v .r-,
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 245, 16 October 1929, Page 12
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153AGED MAN KILLED. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 245, 16 October 1929, Page 12
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