ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
MAN KILLED BY RAILWAY ENGINE. (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS 'ASSOCIATION.) MARTON, Feb. 8. A shocking fatality occurred at- the railway junction at 6 o’clock this evening, when an elderly man, believed to he Mr J. Wil'acv, a. farmer Waverley, was run down by an engine proceeding to the locomotive sheds. There is an extensive level crossing at the point where the accident occurred. It is presumed that deceased failed to observe the approaching engine and walked into it. He was shockingly’ mutilated, death being instantaneous. Papers found on deceased indicate the identity as -stated. The body lias not yet been identified. No one saw the accident occur.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 9 February 1927, Page 5
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108ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 9 February 1927, Page 5
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