Man Dragged By Unit

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31084, 13 June 1966, Page 1

Man Dragged By Unit

(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 12. A railway worker died on Saturday after an Upper Hutt-bound unit dragged him 10 yards between the platform and the moving train at Trentham railway station, according to the Press Association.

He was Mr D. Housham, aged 63, of Upper Hutt The accident occurred at 1.18 p.m. when Mr Housham tried to board the moving unit. An ambulance took him to Hutt Hospital but he was

later transferred to Wellington Hospital where he died. No-one on the train was aware of the accident and it continued to Upper Hutt without stopping. Struck By Car A man was killed instantly when he was struck by a motor-car as he was about to get into his car on the Main South road outside the Rolleston Hotel about 5.30 p.m. on Saturday. He was Edward John Noble McLean, aged 27, an Army cook, of 17 Pukaki street. Burnham Military Camp. He suffered severe head injuries and fractures of the The car was ~ driven by Brian Jerry Reynish, a soldier, of Bumham. Died Later A man who suffered serious internal injuries in an accident near Amberley on June 1 died in the Christchurch Hospital yesterday morning. He was Hector George Fowler, aged 42, a builder, married, of 86 Ashley street, Rangiora. Mr Fowler was driving his car along the Amberley beach

road when the vehicle struck a concrete culvert. Cyclist Killed A 17-year-old workman riding a bicycle near his home in Matamata on Saturday evening was killed instantly in a collision with a van. He was Huia Panui, of Burwood road, Matamata. In Hospital Two men who work on the same farm at Hunua, were admitted to Middlemote Hospital from different accidents in the Hunua gorge during the week-end. On Saturday night, Angi Nglam, aged 20, was in a car which rolled 50 feet over a cliff. He suffered concussion and was in a fair condition tonight. Yesterday morning his workmate, Errol Curry, aged 21, who was riding his motorcycle to the hospital to see Mr Nglam, fell from the machine and suffered back injuries. His condition last night was satisfactory.