Railwayman killed
PA - . Auckland A railway worker, aged 30, was killed while walking between \two goods waggons which were accidentally shunted by a train at Westfield marshalling yards, Otahuhu, on Tuesday. He. was • .
Herbert Nesbitt, aged 30, of ' ■ Mount Wellington.
The police said the man had been walking between two stationary waggons when they and other waggons on the line were accidentally shunted just after 9 a.m. The man died instantly after slipping and falling between the two waggons.
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Press, 26 March 1981, Page 3
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