JUMP FROM TRAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 202, 28 August 1933, Page 8

JUMP FROM TRAIN.

YOUNG MAN'S HEAD INJURED. NORTH AUCKLAND MISHAP. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WHANGAREI, this day. Leaving the special Opua excursion train while it was in motion last night, a young man, Mr. J. Clark, who is employed by Mr. A. Dawson, Towai, met with a nasty accident. Previously he had inquired of the guard to make certain the train stopped at Towai. The -guard ■was flagging the engine and the tram was pulling up prior to halting in front of the station, when Clark was eeen to quit the carriage platform. Ho landed flat-footed on the middle of the station platform and fell sideways, striking his head in doing so The guard and others who had witnessed the accident picked the unconscious man up and carried him to the shelter shed. There every attention was given to the injured passenger, who was apparently almost recovered when the train pulled out for Whangarei, leaving him with his friends. However, his condition became worse and he was taken to the Kawakawa Hospital suffering from slight concussion. A report this morning states that he ehows improvement, but is likely to be an inmate of the institution for several