SHOCKING FATALITY.
MAN KILLED ON RAILWAY LINE.
Per Press Association. TIMARU, Aug. 21. A shocking fatality occurred on the main railway line about half a mile south of the town this evening when an unidentified man, about 40 years of age, was run into by a slow train from Oamaru.
The man was terribly mutilated, legs, arms and head being severed. Tho locality of the accident was well-lighted and the driver of the train was unaware of the accident.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 226, 22 August 1928, Page 6
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79SHOCKING FATALITY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 226, 22 August 1928, Page 6
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