SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT
A PORTER IU;X OVER.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Ashburton, Last Night. Another shocking railway accident occurred this afternoon, when during shunting operations at the Hinds u young porter named John Richards, nged about 1!) or 20, caught his foot in the block and fell across the rails' in front of the engine. The locomotive passed right over him, frightfully crushing the thigh and almost severing the leg, mutilating both 'hands and Jlireaking the left arm of the- victim, who retained consciousness till chloroform and morphia were injected. He was brought into Ashbnrton hospital in a critical state, and the doctor holds out no hope of his ultimate recovery. Richards hail been at the Minds only a few months having been transferred there from Rangiora.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 227, 30 October 1909, Page 2
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126SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 227, 30 October 1909, Page 2
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