At the inquest on the boy Bell, killed by the express at Windermere on Saturday, evidence was given that the deceased was of unsound mind, and would be as likely as not, if he got on the line, to sit there and watch the train approaching. He was carefully looked after at home, but be managed to get away, and several persons, including the father, on horseback, were out looking for him at the very time of the accident. The engine driver said he saw what looked like a bundle of clothes on the track, and when within two engine lengths a head rose up. It was too late then to pull up, and the boy was thrown off the the line by the cowcatcher, with Lis Load broken in and limbs broken.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 6052, 31 October 1889, Page 3
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133Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 South Canterbury Times, Issue 6052, 31 October 1889, Page 3
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