SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT DUNEDIN.
——♦- i . A MAN TERRIBLY MUTILATED. t Per Press Association . c August 22. t A man, aged about forty to forty-five i _years, was terribly mutilated at the Eat- t tray street railway - crossing to-night. f So far the body has not yet been iden- t tified, and nothing'was found on it to give any clue who the man was. s The man had evidently been caught by c a train that was shunting while going i to or coming from the wharf, and carried" C .from one side of the street to the other, i' probably, a dozen waggons passing over 1 him. - -" . n -The left thigh and right arm were 1 smashed, the right foot and right hand 1 ■ -cut off, three-fourths of the scalp torn t'. away, and the chest injured. • f< The man was taken to the hospital, d where he died about half-past 11 o'clock n •to-night. v
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3625, 23 August 1901, Page 3
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157SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT DUNEDIN. Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3625, 23 August 1901, Page 3
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