FALL FROM TRAIN.
INJURIES PROVE FATAL, (PBXSS ASSOCIATION TZLZG&IX.) DUNEDIN, November 29. After 12 hours in the Mihiwaka tunnel, with his left leg nearly severed, Robert Munro, a single man, aged 29, residing at "Warrington, was found by Andrew O'Brien, surfaceman, yesterday morning shortly after.B o'clock. Although conscious, the injured man was very weak from loss of blood and shock. Munro was a passenger by the 6 p.m. train from I>unedin on Saturday, and when found by the railway surfaceman was lying in the tunnel clear of the rails. Saving apparently fallen off the train, he hart had the presence of mind to crawl dear of the line. Other trains parsed through the tunnel before lie was discovered. A doctor and an ambulance van were summoned and the sufferer was admitted to the hospital at 11.30 this moraine, but died at 1.45 pjn.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19251130.2.61
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18552, 30 November 1925, Page 8
Word Count
143FALL FROM TRAIN. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18552, 30 November 1925, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.