100 YEARS AGO
Saturday, Nov. 25, 1911
On the occasion of the recent trip of the Emperor to Kyushu, a slight railway accident took place at Moji Station (in Fukuoka Prefecture), which caused about an hour's delay in the departure of the Court train from that station.
Soon after, Shozaburo Shimizu, who at the time had been in charge of train affairs at the station, committed suicide on the Sanyo railway tracks in atonement, as it was stated in his will, for his grave remissness of duty.
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