KILLED BY EXPRESS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 349, 2 May 1935, Page 6

KILLED BY EXPRESS

MAN'S BODY MANGLED

MEMBER OF WELLINGTON SHUNTING GANG

Press Association —Co'pyright Wanganui,, May 1

John Ross, aged 38, a married man with a wife and four children, was killed by the Wellington-Wanganui express near the Taupo Quay railway crossing at 4 p.m. to-day. Mr. Ross was a porter and was employed to-day as an assistant in the s) unting gang at the Wanganui railway yards. Mr. Ross and Robert Kerr, who was in charge of the gang, were preparing a mixed train for departure to Hawera at 4.15 p.m. and, pending the arrival of an engine from the sheds, went to the si unters’ hut. They followed one another out of the hut to check the points on the far side of the main line. Mr. Kerr was in front and Mr. Ross a few yards in the rear. Neither noticed the approach of the express from Aramoho, and Mr. Kerr, looking back after crossing the line, saw Mr. Ross being struck by the engine. The train was brought to a standstill but Mr. Ross’ body was mangled. Mr. Ross has been at Wanganui since June, 1933. Previously he was stationed ! at Okahukura.