RAILWAY CROSSING FATALITY.
Major Brown, aged 81, had been buying fish near the railway crossing in New Pl}mouth, and as a train approached he stepped across the line and was caught by the engine and killed. The deceased arrived there in 1841 ; was the first Superintendsnt of the Pnnince; took a prominent part in the Maori war and was a representative sveral times in the House. Latterly he was a J.P. and also an interpreter. He leaves a widow and several cl ildren, one son being in South Africa. The greatest sorrow is bting evinced for his death, and much outcry at the danger of the crossing.
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Lake County Press, Issue 978, 5 September 1901, Page 5
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