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SHUNTER'S NARROW ESCAPE.
CHRISTCHURCH, April 23. A serious accident was narrowly averted at Lyttelton yesterday, when a man named Dobson, a shunter, slipped while boarding the .cowcatcher of an engine in motion. Hisc left leg was dragged under the cowcatcher, but he managed to catch, hold of the cow-catcher and support himself. He was carried some distance before he could drag himself clear. The muscles of his thighs were squeezed and badly bruised.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 99, 24 April 1909, Page 6
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73SHUNTER'S NARROW ESCAPE. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 99, 24 April 1909, Page 6
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