Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), Saturday 23 May 1931, page 4
FATALLY INJURED.
STRUCK BY MAIL TRAIN. AGED CHINAMAN'S DEATH.
TULLY, May 22.
Yan Yee, a Chinaman, aged 75, whilst walking along the railway
line between Tully station and Banyan bridge, was run into by the southern-bound Cairns mail
train, sustaining a compound and commuted fracture of both ankles
and a probable fracture of the skuIl. He died whilst being con-
veyed by the Tully Ambulance to
the Tully General Hospital.
FAILED TO HEAR.
Deceased, who it is stated, was afflicted with deafness, was proceed-
ing to his home and apparently failed to hear the oncoming train. He had resided in the district about seven years, and previously
had worked on the Palmer goldfields,
Georgetown and Babinda. A COINCIDENCE.
About six months ago, Yan Yee was the first person to find the mangled remains of Daniel Sheehan along the railway line between Feluga
andTully.
Twenty-one pounds in notes were
found on deceased.