RAILWAY FATALITY AT CHRISTCHURCH.
AN ENGINE DRIVER CRUSHED TO DEATH. [United Pbess Association."! CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. . An engine-driver, named Douglas Young, was engaged last night with his engine, running trucks down the railway yards near Colombo-street, when he ran diagonally into three trucks standing upon an adjacent siding. The engine just failed to clear the trucks, and Young jumped off the. engine and was crushed between it and the stationary trucks. Young was badly crushed in the chest, and was dead when picked up. _ The deceased was a married man, with"' one child.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 12 June 1907, Page 2
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