ANOTHER AWFUL DEATH.
Auckland, July 1. Patrick Reilly, aged 70, was accidentally killed on the railway line between Remuera and Green Lane by the half-past eight o’clock train last evening from Auckland to Onehunga. As the train neared within about three yards of the first bridge from Remuera station, Robert Bennett, the driver, saw a man lying on the line, who lifted up his head as the train approached and yelled out. The brake was at once put on, but the train could not be stopped until it had passed over the body of the unfortunate man. The deceased’s hip bones were broken to piece*, and luf legs were almost cut across below the knees ; there was a large hole in the skull above the left eyebrow. On a previous occasion deceased had lost one of his thumbs and ouo.of his big toes by an accident on the line.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 7222, 18 July 1884, Page 8
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