Monday, January 8 – 1917
Jack Hunter, the clever Preston North End centre half of former years, was in the train smash at Ratho Station, near Edinburgh. He was paying a visit to his parents, and sustained serious injuries to the head.
(Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 08-01-1917)
You can read more about the train smash that killed 12 people here.
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