ANOTHER TRAGEDY FOUND DEAD BY RAILWAY LINE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 77, 1 April 1914, Page 8

ANOTHER TRAGEDY FOUND DEAD BY RAILWAY LINE.

Early last evening a man named James Borland, aged thirty-six, a native of Scotland, met his death on the Welling* ton-Hutt railway line. The body, which was found lying by the railway line, about nine chains on the Wellington side of the Ngahauranga station, was seen by William Hogg, the driver of a goods train which left Wellington shortly after 5 o'clock. The driver stopped the train, and upon examination the man was found to be dead. The body, which was very severely injured, was taken on to Ngahauranga station. There it was transferred to a goods train from Petone at 8.45 p.m., and taken to Lambton station. Subsequently it was removed to the .morgue. It is not known how the accident occurred, but 'it is surmised thai the deceased fell from the passenger train which left Lambton station for Petone at 5.19 p.m. The nature of his injuries suggests that he struck the ground with considerable force, and death was apparently instantaneous. > Two envelopes, _ addressed as follow, were found in the clothes of the deceased: — "Mr. John Ferguson, 78, Cam-bridge-terrace, City," and " R. H. Wilson, Jackson-street, Petone." Seen by the police, however, Mr. Ferguson said that he did not know anyone named Wilson, and he could not give any clue to the man's identity. A copy of the rules of the Wellington branch of the Federated Seamen's Union, and also a railway ticket. "Lambton «> Petone," dated 31st March, were found in his pockets. Deceased was of medium build, sft 6in in height, with dark brown hair, blue eyes, and fair moustache. Tattoo marks include a bean, inscribed within the leuters forming the words "True Love," and an emblem of the rose, shamrock, and thistle. He was dressed in a dark blue serge suit, grey tweed cap, and elastic-side boots. Deceased had led a seafaring life. His last vessel was the coastal steamer Kennedy.