SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
ONE MAN KILLED.
By. Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. Perth, June 16. A [ Train belonging to a timber company was coming down a hill near Yarloop (West Australia) when the brakes failed to hold. The train broke away and crashed into a dead-end built of . granite. Mr. 'Mackenzie, the paymaster of the timber company, was killed outright, and two others were slightly injured. The driver and fireman escaped by jumping off.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12602, 17 June 1904, Page 5
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71SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12602, 17 June 1904, Page 5
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