KILLED BY ENGINE
RALIWAY EMPLOYEE MEETS DEATH TO-DAY. Press Association— Cei?yris:Lt. WELLINGTON, This Day Frederick Major aged 69 a married man was killed at Thorndon railway yards at 1 ten o clo<ck to-day. While he was oiling some points, an engine shunted backwards on to him. Death was instantaneous. The Auckland train was putting out at .the '/time and it is thought that deceased did not hear the approach of the shunting engine. Major was a casual labourer employed by the railway Department.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 27, 29 January 1929, Page 5
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