A PATHETIC SUICIDE.
ENGINE-DRIVER'S DEATH. [bt telegraph.^—press ASSOCIATION.] DcNEDOfi Saturday. A few minutes after the arrival at Mosgiel _ of the train which left Dunedin at 1.5 ; p.m. to-day, an engine-driver, named John Major, walked into an outhouse, and shot himself through the head. Death.was instantaneous. Deceased was about 52 years of age, and bad been in the railway service, for 30 .-.years. Insomnia had troubled him lately, .and, being unwell, he was relieved of his usual express disty, and put to much easier ? Work on short journeys. In one of deceased's pockets, there was a note containing this message:—-"Give my watch to ;- Tom McConnell, my old mate, who looked after me in my trouble."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13926, 7 December 1908, Page 5
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114A PATHETIC SUICIDE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13926, 7 December 1908, Page 5
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