FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
• m [Bt TBLKGBAPtt. — PBES3 ASSOCIATION.) MANGA WEKA, This Day. A fatal accident happened to a man named Richard Brown on tho railway line near Ohingaiti last night. Deceased was evidently lying between the rails when tho engine of the evening mail train ran into tho body, the driver (Patterson) caught sight of nn obstacle on tho line when within a few yards of it, and immediately put on the brakes, but it was impossible to prevent a collision. An examination showed that the man was still alive. He was taken to Mangaweka, but died shortly after- his arrival. Deceased had boon working at the Government ballast pit during the past three years. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Last evening a man named Timothy Mellor, aged sixty years, in the omploy of the Kaiapoi Shipping Company, was jammed between two trucks. He died from tho effects of the injuries.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1907, Page 2
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149FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1907, Page 2
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