MT RUAPEHU TRAGEDY
YOUTH FATALLY INJURED TOBOGGAN HITS ROCKS. NURSE SENT TO HOSPITAL. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUI, July 24. A youth received fatal injuries and a Wanganui nurse injuries which necessitated her entering hospital when a toboggan on which they were riding cn Mt Ruapehu hit a rock and went over a six-loot drop, landing on more rocks. They were: — Thomas Brian Ccnlan, aged 18, a son of Mr Thomas Ccnlan, -farmer, Tunakotekotc. Miss N. McDannald, Canada, employed in Belverdale Private Hospital, Wanganui. Ccnlan was taken to Taumarunui Hospital with a fractured thigh and ether injuries. An operation was performed, but his condition became weaker and he died. Miss McDannald, who is in Belverdale Hospital, was reported tonight to be making a satisfactory recovery.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 July 1940, Page 9
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124MT RUAPEHU TRAGEDY Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 July 1940, Page 9
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