THREE MEN FALL FROM TRAINS
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1 CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Three men fell fnom-crowded special trains travelling to and from Christchurch for the Test. One was taken to hospital, another suffered minor injuries, and the third was uninjured. The two who were injured were not seen falling from the trains, which Were not stopped. John Hamilton, . aged 28, labourer, from Oamaru, fell from the southbound train near Fairton and lay all night long in a plantation, not bcing fouud till 3 p.m. to-day by a party of po'ice from Ashburton. He was taken to hospital sufirering from concussion, bruises and abrasions. About 1 p.m. to-day C. Wright, of Wataroa, South Westland, fell -from the West Coast train near Arthur's Pass. Mr Wright suffered bruises and a cut over the left eye. He was found by a passing motorist and taken to the pass. Early yesterday morning a man fell from the West Coast-Christchurcn train near Craigieburn. The train was stopped and the man was found uninjured searching for his false tecth.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 197, 6 September 1937, Page 8
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