KILLED IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL.

Evening Star, Issue 9795, 27 August 1895, Page 2

KILLED IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL.

A body, supposed to be that of a laboring man named Thompson, residing at Abbotsford or Green Island, was found in the Chain Hills railway tunnel at an early hour this morning. The features were u&recofpisable, and the body was cut to pieces. On being interviewed by the police: this morning, Peter Barkman, guard of £he goods train which left Dunedmfor Morgiel at twenty minutes past ten last evening, stated that when in the Chain Hills tunnel, two miles from Mosgiel, he felt the vanvgive a jar. He reported the matter to the driver,-who &ud he neither felt nor heard anything unusuaL On the return journey, however, the driver tCharles Rollo) noticed a jerk "when in the tunnel. He thought it was a sfine, as he had felt the same before, but subsequently discovered that the brass cock of the right front cylinder was broken jjff. Mountedconstable Boddam, on examining tihe engine, found blood stains on the ngfit driving wheel, pieces of flesh on the brake gear, ana some brown hair and threads of tweed adhering to the right-hand step of the locomotive.

.. Lateb, The body has since been identified as that of George Thompson, a married man, aged forty-three years, with a large family, re* siding at Abbotsford. It appears that it was customary for him to walk through (he tunnel The matter has been reported to the coroner, who will hold an inquest; to-morrow.