TWO SOLDIERS KILLED
Another Seriously Injured ACCIDENT AT EDENDALE Attempt to Board Moving Train □PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) INVERCARGILL, December 15. Two men were killed and a third seriously injured when they attempted to board a special troop train at Edendale at 9 o’clock tonight. The victims were:— KILLED Private James Nelson, of Nelson street, Invercargill. ' Private George Sheedy, of Otautau. INJURED Private William Young, of Roxburgh; condition serious.
When the train, which was a special train from Burnham bringing troops on final leave, stopped at Edendale, several of the men left the carriages to say farewell to Captain M. C. Rice, who was leaving the traih there. They evidently did not attempt to return to the carriages until the train had started to move. Three of them slipped when attempting to board the train, and were dragged under it. .Nelson and Sheedy were killed outright. Young was caught between the carriage and the platform, and was extricated with difficulty, some of the troops easing the pressure of the carriage on the injured man.
The bodies of Nelson and Sheedy were brought to Invercargill, and Young was sent to hospital in Invercargill.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22894, 15 December 1939, Page 10
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