ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
(Per Press Association.) Westport, June 21. William Nathan Mill son, aged 10, residing at Kumara, yesterday attempted to cross the Karainea River on horseback, near the mouth. The hoi se arrived alone. No one saw the accident, i lie body oi Alills-an lias not been found. Christchurch,, June 21. A serious accident occurred in a curious fashion at tiie entrance to the Lyttelton tumid last night, when Henry Alilis, employed in the railway yard at Lyttelton, came close to losinjg Iris life. Alilis, who is an exporiehced railway hand, had boon in the habit of riding on the train from Lyttelton station to tire signal box, a few chains distant. Last night he over-ran the usual place for dropping off, and did noV. jump ti]l at .the mouth of tlio tunnel, when ho was, dashed against a buttress and fell under the wheels oi tiie train, which nearly severed his right leg and caused other injuries.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 103, 21 June 1911, Page 6
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