FATAL ACCIDENT.
A MAN BON OVEE BY A TBUCK, A man named Harry GrcTea, head ehohter at the Addinaton railway atatioo, wae ran over by; » track yesterday afternoon and silled. It appear* that the deceased w*» engaged in shantiag* aud went between two trocka to oDCoaple them. By some means ha muet have slipped and sell under the wheels of one of the tracks, which passed over the enfortnnate man's body, Ueerauy catting him to pieces* Groves was about forty-five years o£ age, e&d single, Eβ wa& a steady, trustworthy ano care* fol meat, ana the only reason fch&s can be aaeigaed for the accident to tisat as he bad grown somewhat sSout, be was leas active than he used to be, moeh regret is expressed at Grove's nnfeimaJy death. He had been employed at the Ad* diQgton Railway Station for aboob eleven years. An inquest takes place at 0 o'clock f>i naniTiing aj fiajiaßßtta&'e iHfft-tL Ad«
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Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7552, 15 May 1890, Page 5
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