A SHOCKING ACCIDENT
Father and daughter V killed." -
CRUSHED BY A TRAIN. SYDNEY, February 9. . News of a frightful accident has been received from Wellington, an important town on the Macquarie river, about 250 miles from the metropolis. It appears that a gatekeeper named McMillan stumbled on to the railway line while a train was approaching. The daughter, of the unfortunate man, who happened; to be,with’him, made an heroic, effort; to rescue,-her father, but was uaable to drag him. off the line, and b»th were cut to pieces ,-.under, • the, wheels of the advancing train. v
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New Zealand Mail, 15 February 1900, Page 18
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96A SHOCKING ACCIDENT New Zealand Mail, 15 February 1900, Page 18
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