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Date 27 janvier 1876
Comté Saint John
Lieu Saint John
Journal The Daily Telegraph
Le langage employé dans les textes est tel qu’il a été transcrit par Daniel F. Johnson à partir des entrées dans les journaux originaux.
Bathurst (Glouc. Co.), 26th Jan. - A fatal accident occurred between Jacquet River and Belledune today. A brakeman on the Intercolonial Railway named Richard WALKER, while standing on the top of the train, was struck by a temporary tank house, knocked off, falling between the cars, was dragged some distance, the train passing over his body mangling it fearfully. Deceased was standing up to hand a letter to a section man at the side of the track. The body was brought to Bathurst station where an inquest will be held tonight.