Railway Accident.
(united press association.) DuNEDUf, June 28. A woman named Ellen Adams who has very frequently been before the Police Court for vagrancy, and who waß.a constant iumatq of the gaol, was found dead on the railway line this forenoon, within two or three hundred yards of tbc main station. She was so fearfully mangled as to bo quite unrecognisable, but a female friend identified her by her clothing. -''It is surmised that she was tying abouh the line d tiring the' night, and one of the late trains killed her. Traces of flesh and blood were found on one of the engines, but the driver, or -guard knew nothing of tjhe accident, and the engine-cleaner thonghi a sheep or dog had been run over. It was not till a little boy discovered the remains. on the lino about 10 o'clock this morning 1 that anything was known of the occurrence. The hnsband of the deceased woman is at present uncUu' trial for housebreaking.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 182, 30 June 1884, Page 3
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165Railway Accident. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 182, 30 June 1884, Page 3
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