SHUNTING ACCIDENT
A porter at the Reefton railway station, Laurence J. Stratford, aged 19, tripped while shunting and fell between a moving engine and a carriage. His left leg was so severely injured that the foot had to be amputated.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20009, 7 August 1939, Page 7
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40SHUNTING ACCIDENT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20009, 7 August 1939, Page 7
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