RAILWAY ACCIDENT
MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED
By Telegraph--Press Association.
HAWERAt Last Night.
Ah:.'accideiit\6^iit||i^^biV'--ifie r maio'' South road railway tossing early, thia evening, t when a special goods 'trainran into 'a -trap; resulting in a fiddle aged man. injured. He was removedito tWiospital in an/unconscious condition. His body was., badly crushed, and his case is re-' garded as hopeless. found in the man's pocket, name as S. Turkington, a blacksmith, of Man-r gatoki. ' V.,..' ;. v, ~;.:'.
MAN INJURED AT WANGANUI
By Tekotavhr-Br*** AtHocvatisn.
WANGANUI, Last Night. This evening a man named Frank Thomas, as a result of a railway accident, received concussion of the brain, an injured spnie, and other damages. During shunting operations, he somehow managed to get his foot caught under the guard's van, and was dragged along for over sixty yards. Had the toe of Ms boot,, which ' was all that was holding. him,*slipped, , he would probably have been run Over by the next car.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10442, 6 October 1911, Page 4
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155RAILWAY ACCIDENT Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10442, 6 October 1911, Page 4
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