BEGGED TO BE KILLED.
GHASTLY TRAIN TRAGEDY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney "Suit" Cable. (Received June 18. 1.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 17. A number of the victims of the I Jackettstown disaster have succumbed to their injuries, increasing the death roll to forty-two. The train was a special, with 182 Germans aboard. One man, who was pinned under the debris, offered his rescuer a roll of notes to kill him.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17567, 18 June 1925, Page 10
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