A BOY KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.
[BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CnmsTcnußCii, Friday. Henry Craze, fifteen years of age, a press runner, was killed by falling off the early train from Springfield this morning about- a-quartor of a mile from the city side of Hornby. The passengers felt a bump as if the train had gone oft' the line, but a lad rushed through and informed the guard that a boy had. fallen off. The brakes were immediately applied, but a3 the train was on the' down grade and the lines were vet the brakes had no effect. Craze was attempting to cross from one carriage to another when his foot slipped, and he fell under one of the wheels, which passed over his abdomen, and severed an arm and leg.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11825, 30 November 1901, Page 5
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