RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
A FOOLHARDY ACT.
(BT TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
Invercargill, this day. Gerald Tolhurst, of Wellington, aged 21, son of the Inspector of the Union Bank of Australia, lost his right leg below the knee as tho resulb of an attempt to geb on a train in motion yesterday. He had gone to Thornbury by the ordinary morning train, then hired a horse and rode to see some friends. There was a speoial in the afternoon, conveying friendly societies to Riverton, and. Tolhurst returned to Thornbury to catch it. He was late, and the train was cro-sin_r the road as he rode up. He threw the bridle-reins to a bystander and jumped on board the train, bub he was tripped up by a cattle-sfcop, and the wheels passed longitudinally from the heel to the middle of the calf. Ho was taken on to Riverton Hospital, where Dr. Nelsonab once amputated the leg, tho bones being smashed. Young Tolhurst. is now progressing favourably, and is in good spirits.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 278, 23 November 1893, Page 4
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