FATAL SHUNTING ACCIDENT.
TERRIBLY MANGLED. [BY TELEGRATII.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Invercargill, Wednesday. To-night, after nine o'clock, a shunter named William Blay, while at work in the stationyard here, was run down by a carriage and terribly mangled, dying a few minutes after. It is not known whether he fell in front of a moving carriage or was knocked down, the night being dark and boisterous. Deceased was married, and leaves a widow and one daughter. He had been here about four years. He was a member of the City Band, and took part in the flag unfurling at the South School in the forenoon.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11536, 22 November 1900, Page 5
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