FATAL ACCIDENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16435, 11 January 1917, Page 4

FATAL ACCIDENTS.

MAN KILLED ON RAILWAYS — a JUMP FROM MOVING THADf. Wk '||| J BODY SHOCKINGLY MUTILATED* -Mm wl [BT TELEGBAPH.—PBEjS lATION.I '■■*■*'■* WANGANUI, Wednesday. ;,'-j| A middle-aged man, whose identity is a * - l[ present unknown, met his death at Ara- *-/ : > moho railway station late this afternoon '•'- fDeceased was a passenger on the Welling, i: ' ton train to New Plymouth, in a carriage i which was shunted off and attached to'lpi the Wanganui train. As this train com- '■■?• 3 menccd to leave deceased evidently realised S'i he was in the wrong train, and en. If''!! deavoured to jump off, with the result be -~ii fell beneath the wheels of the carriage. Wj; His body was shockingly mutilated, the ' j: head being almost severed. Deceased wag apparently about sixty years of age, and Jit; had in his pocket a return ticket to Thorn- Jjfej don, issued at Inglewood on January 2. ja&\ _ ■ ||j CHILD KILLED BY MOTORCAR l| ' if FATALITY AT PICTON. 'j; [BY TILEGK.U'n.-PRt55 ASSOCIATION'.] -<$ fi BLEN'HEIM. Wednesdty. |g A five-year-old son of Mr. J. Malonej c was instantaneously killed at Picton while ;K attempting to cross in front of a motor-eft |g driven by Knru Love. -%\