KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 276, 10 November 1911, Page 6

KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.

YOE NG WtrtlAN -I CM PS FROM I A TRAIN. i Gore. Nov. b. It will be i-r-rneinbcred that a young woman disappeared from the .express train which was travelling , from Dunedin to Invercargill on ■ Monday evening, with the Prime Minister <>n board. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson were on the train at the time, anti as soon as they missed their •laughter Lizzie they reported the (matter at Gore. A search was made I along the line, anti the body of the unfortunate jtirl was found on the : railway line at Pukerau station. -19 < miles north of Invert argili. At the inquest cv itlence disclosed the fact that the girl's father ami mother had been drinking, ami that they were under tin* inlhteme of liquor on the train. The following pathetic note written in pencil on the flyleaf of a novel or magazine was found in her pocket : ‘Goodbye, al!'. I am heart broken. Forgive me for doing this, but I hope that this will let my mo ther know what a ■urso drink is. | Lili.'' A postscript added. "Go.I j help mv sisters and brother' j A verdiit was returned that de ceased jumped fiom the train when in a state of mental distress.