ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
A LIGHTERMAN INJURED. il'er Presa Association) Oisborne, May 20. Whilst loading the steamer Marere, a sling of beef fell from the sling, and crushed the face of William Burton, a lighterman, a married man. THE INJURED JOCKEY. , Wanganni, May 20. Howard, the jockey injured at the races, shows sitjns of improvement, although he is still unconscious. DECAPITATED BY A TRAIN. Dannevirke, May 20. Sven Andersen, a, farmer at Ormondville, was decapitated at Dannevirke by a train on Saturday night. The train drew into the station safely, but when shunting, the driver felfv a bump, and deceased's hotly was found between the metals and the platform, with the head several paces away.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 25, 27 May 1912, Page 5
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