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Son of Francis DOWLER, 132 New Street, Middle Brighton, Vic.

Resided at Port Darwin, Qld. when he enlisted.

TWO MEN SERIOUSLY INJURED

About 10.30 on Monday night, Messres Frank Dowler (foreman carpenter in the Railway Department), William Tyser (another carpenter in the same emply), and Dan Clohesy (acting superintendent of the permanent way), were coming into Darwin from the Katherine River on a railway motor cyrcle, when they ran into a locomotive returned to Vestey's with empty trucks.  Mr. Tyser jumped out, but Mr. Clohesy and both legs broken, and is possibly injured internally.  Mr. Dowler who is a returned soldier, has his right leg broken.

DEATH OF FRANK DOWLER,
Mr. Frank Dowler, one of the victims of the recent railway accident, died in the Hospital yesterday morning. He was 34 years old, single, born at Geelong, Victoria. The funeral in the afternoon was very  largely attended. Special mention of the deceased will be at the Methodist Church tomorrow by the Rev. F. Hof. The Coroner has been acquainted and has viewed the body. Further particulars of this  unfortunate occurrence will be given in next issue.

A SOLDIER'S SAD DEATH.
Mr. Frank Dowler, one of two unfortunate victims of the collision between a locomotive and a railway motor cycle, died in the Darwin Hospital on February 11 at about 10 o'clock from heart failure, the
result of severe internal and external injuries. The unfortunate man, who served with the Engineers in France, was there a victim of shell-shock. He was also gasssd and sustained a fractured arm and
a wound in the leg. In the recent accident the severe injury to the back of his head evidently greatly contributed, to the fatal outcome. His rignt leg was also badly smashed. He came to Darwin about November, 1914, to work at Vestey'e meat works as a carpenter, but owing to the labor trouble he started work with the railway department. He enlisted at Darwin, and returned to his former occupation after the war.  During the periods of delirium, which practically lasted from his admission to hospital to his death, Mr. Dowler sometimes imagined he was in the trenches, and going over  the top at 5 o'clock in the morning; at other times he thought he was using a brace and bit a saw, or a hammer. He originally came from Colac (Victoria), but had been employed in Melbourne, Brisbane,  and Western Queensland. He was about 32 years of age. He officiated as best-man at a wedding quite recently. He was very popular with all classes. Mr. Dan Clohesy, permanent superintendent, who  had both legs broken in the same accident, and was internally injured, is not yet out of danger.