TRAIN ACCIDENT
WOMAN LOSES LEG. [By Telegraph, Per Press Association.] MARTON, March 5. Attempting to alight, from a moving train at Overton station yesterday, a. young woman named Barlow, residing at Raetihi, fell between the carriages. One foot was crushed and had later to be amputated. The other leg was fractured in two places. Suffering gravely from shock, the victim was removed to Marton private hospital. It appears she intended getting off at Powera Station. The train was gathering speed alter leaving Overton, and when the victim thought she had passed Powera she attempted to get off, with the result stated.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 March 1929, Page 5
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101TRAIN ACCIDENT Hokitika Guardian, 5 March 1929, Page 5
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