KILLED WHILE SHUNTING.
WELLINGTON, This Day. A shunter Frederick William Swift, employed at the Pefone Railway ' Stat'on, was accidentally, killed while shunting ehcrtly before midnight. . .■'■•• Later. Aqneer featftrt about the fatal raUway accident la*frnijfljfc at ?ptone is that Swiff s body was f onrid clear of the rail*, and apparently it hadabfc beea inn over, thoiugh the neck was broken and the jair dislocated, and a deep gash on the side of the neck. No one saw (the accident, and it is supposed that deooased was struck by something when jumping off the \ truck. He was 21 years of age. A boy named Harding has b.ecn seriously injured by an accidental shot while passing a shooting gallery at Wa'llera.wang, New. South Wales.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 17, 22 January 1903, Page 2
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122KILLED WHILE SHUNTING. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 17, 22 January 1903, Page 2
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