SHUNTING ACCIDENT
Guard Killed Instantly (N.Z.P.A.) AUCKLAND, Oct. 4. A guard employed on the WaiukuPaerata branch railway was killed during shunting at the Fernleigh station alxnlt 9 o’clock this morning. He was Matthew William Thew, aged 44. married, with three children, of Waiuku. The train, which left Waiuku for Paerata at 8.50 a.m.. pulled into Femielgh about five minutes later and the engine had almost completed its shunt and was being recoupled when Thew apparenly slipped and fell- across the line. He was killed
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23323, 5 October 1945, Page 4
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84SHUNTING ACCIDENT Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23323, 5 October 1945, Page 4
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