ACCIDENT AT OTAHUHU
MAN KILLED BY TRAIN (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, 16th June. Run over by the wheels of a carriage of a suburban passenger train at Otahuhu station early this morning, Richard Edelsten, 54 years of age, an unemployed motor painter, of Otahuhu, was killed instantaneously. Mr Edelsten had left his home shortly before 8 a.m. to travel to Auckland by train. As the 8.18 train was moving slowly from the island platform, Mr Edelsten was seen running across the lines of the eastern sidings toward the rear carriage. On feeling unusual bumps, the guard signalled the train to stop, and the body of Mr Edelsten was found on the line. The wheels of the last carriage had passed over his chest. Mr Edelsten, who leaves a wife and two children, was a returned soldier, having served with the Australian forces during the Great War.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 17 June 1936, Page 11
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