WALKED INTO ENGINE.
ELDERLY MAN KILLED AT MARTON. (PRISB itaOCUTTOK TILZQftAK.) MARTON, February 9. A shocking fatal accident occurred at the railway junction at six o'clock this evening, when an elderly roan, believed to be J. Williams, farmer, of Waverley, was run down by an engine proceeding to the locomotive sheds. There is an extensive level crossing at the point where the accident occurred, and it is presumed that Williams failed to observe the approaching engine, and walked into it. He was shockingly mutilated, and death was instantaneous. Papers found on the deceased indicnte his identity as stated, but the body hns not yet been identified positively. Details of the actual occurrence aro lacking as no one saw the accident
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18921, 9 February 1927, Page 8
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