RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
"] ENGINE-DRIVER KIIJjED. j - CHRLSTCSHURCH June 12. An engine-driver, Douglas Young, was •togaged laet night with hie engine running trucks down, the railway yard near Colombo street, when he ran diagonally into thr^e trucks which were «tanding upon an a<l■jaoent siding. Tho engine juet failed to clear the trucks, and Young jumped off the Engine, and was crushed between it and the atationary trucks. Youn# was badly crushed aboutthe chest, and was dead wh^n picked ut). U« was a married man, with <rae child. jF ,&Ajp inquest was held to-night touching tfa£ death of Mr Young A vord-ct was returned that death was due to injuries received by berns crushed between two trucks, j- Railway men, who wcro called as /frttßLeasel, stated that tho truck#\vith which the deoeaeed'c train collidod were foul of . track, although tlve\ had Lorn placed in ' ijaf • positjon. City Council men who : SrenJ loading the trucks stated that thoy BM interfered with the position of the 'o otrfi irhenmatism, gout, sciatica, or Insbagp you must treat the blood. .The fr.,*e«t remedy is Rhedmo, which has cured hj&Otuiji^Mti jqfferers. From all atpics a.nd
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Otago Witness, Issue 2779, 19 June 1907, Page 16
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187RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Otago Witness, Issue 2779, 19 June 1907, Page 16
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