Man Cut in Halves.
RAILWAY GROSSING SCENE "TERRIBLY MUTILATED." [Prat Press Association.] Mar ton, April 29. A shocking fatality occurred at Marton Junction railway crossing last night, when the nine o'clock goods train knocked down and ran over a middle-aged man named John Swallow, a huilder. The unfortunate man was cut in halves and terribly mutilated. Deceased leaves a widow and three children. There will he an inquest to-day.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 7, 29 April 1914, Page 5
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69Man Cut in Halves. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 7, 29 April 1914, Page 5
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