CRUSHED BY CARRIAGES
WOMAN LOSES A LEG FALL FROM MOVING TRAIN Prjsa Association MARTON, To-day. In attempting to alight from a moving train at Overton station yesterday, a young woman named Barlow’, living at Raetihi, fell between two carriages. On© of her feet was crushed and had later to be amputated. The other leg was fractured in two places. She is suffering severely from shock, and is in a Marton private hospital. It appears that she intended getting off at Porewa station. The train was gathering speed after leaving Overton, when the victim thought -die had passed Porewa, and attempted to get off, with the result stated.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 604, 5 March 1929, Page 1
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107CRUSHED BY CARRIAGES Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 604, 5 March 1929, Page 1
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