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SHUNTER FALLS UNDER TRAIN MISHAP AT NEWMARKET As the train from Helensville was backing into the station at Newmarket on Saturday evening at 6.50 o’clock, a shunter, George Goldsmith, slipped from the platform and was crushed by the wheels of the rear carriages. His right arm was severely injuifcd at the shoulder, and was amputated later at the Auckland Hospital. He is still seriously ill, but his condition this morning is reported to have improved.
The train, when it arrives at New market, backs into the station from a triangle. Mr. Goldsmith was standing on the plaiform, and it is thought that he was endeavouring to board the train when he slipped and fell. The train was going very slowly at the time and was stopped promptly. Dr. M. G. Pezaro was summoned to attend to the injured man and held the severed artery until the hospital was reached. Some quick work was done by the St. John Ambulance. Within five minutes of the time the call was received at the station, the injured shunter had reached the hospital.
Mr. Goldsmith is a married man, residing at Rauronga Avenue, Royal Oak.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 231, 19 December 1927, Page 1
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