TRAIN FATALITY.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10129, 11 December 1911, Page 3

TRAIN FATALITY.

MIRI RiBOODEB AT COROMiANDE-L. AN 'BNTMJSIASTIO «|EIOE(I^TION. (By Telegraph.—Special.) CIOROMkVjNDEL, December 9. Mr T. W. Rhodes, the newly ttoctod member for Thames, returned lo Goromandel this afternoon, sind received quite an ovation. A number of vehicles, headed by the Town Band, went out about three miles and met the member elect. At procession was : formed and proceeded into the township, the band playing en route. Mr Rhodes was presented with a bouquet, and the pathway leading to his residence was strewn with flowtrs by lady supporters. He was driven 1 to the Bank corner where Mr T. U. Tanner, chairman of the central committee, welcomed Mr Rhodes and congratulated him Ujpon a! clean victory. Mr Rhodes briefly thanked th<? electors for the splendid support accorded him.

A MAN TERRIBLY MAINGLED. (Par United Pruts Association.} AiITCJELAiND, December 9. A! native named Oharlie George, of I Mercer, employed by the Railway 'Department as one of the relaying j gang working in the neighbourhood of Kimihia Siding, was run over this morning and instantaneously killed by the Mercer-HHintly goods train. The driver of the train states i.ha& the morning was grey and foggy. As the train approached Kimihia he saw something 'between the lines lying 4n a crouched and bundled up position. jHe was unable to pull up in time. The body was terribly mutilated. The deceased's bicycle was found by the line, and it is supposed that he had a fall, rendering, him unconscious. He was a married man.