FALL FROM A TRAIN.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2414, 1 February 1909, Page 3

FALL FROM A TRAIN.

PLUNGE INTO A CREEK. A YOUNG LADY’S EXPERIENCE. A young dady named Eleanor Sarah Hawkes met with an necident while travelling on the train between. Henderson and AVaikumeto the other morning. It appears that Miss Hawkes, in company with her -father, boarded the train at Henderson,, with the intention of coming to town. Feeling the stuffiness of the carriage somewhat trying, Miss Hawkes went out on to the -platform, but she had not been, standing there for more than a few minutes when she became giddy. ,alid ifoll sideways off the train. The train at the time was -passing over the bridge over tho Henderson Creek, (and tho young lady fell clear into the water. The fact that she had fallen was immediately reported to the guard, who had tlie train brought to' a standstill, and shunted back to tho bridge. Miss Hawkes whs found lying in the bed of the stream, with her head just out of the water. iShe was in a- dazed condition, and was put on the train and brought- to town being taken to and admitted to the Auckland Hospital. On examination it was found that no bones had been broken, notwithstanding the height of tlie fall, and that Miss -Hawkes was merely suffering from shock. She was reported later to bo progressing famutibly.