TUAKAU FARMER KILLED.
CRUSHED BY RAILWAY TRUCK. S A single man, Mr. William L. Dawes, aged 39, died at, a private hospital in Auckland at an early hour yesterday, morning, as the result of an accident at the Tuakau railway station on Tuesday morning. Mr. Dawes, who was a farmer living at Tuakau, was trucking cattle, assisted by Mr. George Walter. Deceased went J for a truck while Mr. Walter attended to , the cattle. A short time afterwards Mr. I Walter heard a cry from someone on the Ro'torua express train which was just 1 | moving out from the platform. He found i ' the deceased pinned between a stationary 1 truck and the landing platform. The ex- ! press train was stopped and several pa»seni gera assisted in freeing the .injured man. • | Ho complained of internal injuries and > was taken by Mr. Walter to Pukekohe, i ; thence to the hospital. An inquest will bo . j held to-day.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16762, 31 January 1918, Page 4
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