BOY KILLED BY TRAIN
+ CONCLUSION* OF INQUEST :r»Ess association : eixgram.) DUNEDIN. April C. "The evidence makes it clear how this unfortunate fatality occurred." said the coroner (Mr J. R. Bartholomew), at the inquest on Robert Owen Barclay, aged 10, who was struck by the south express at Burnside on Wednesday evening. "The boy was walking beside the main line, was startled by the train whistle, stepped toward it, and waft struck by the engine." A verdict of accidental death was returned.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21133, 7 April 1934, Page 14
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