SOLDIER INJURED
Struck By Ann Of Railway Tablet Exchange
(By Telegraph—Press Association. I NEW PLYMOUTH. May 8.
Travelling to New Plymouth on leave from Trenthani Camp, Private ,1. W. Strood, a member of the N.Z.E.F., was struck by the arm of the tablet exchange at Moumahaki when the Wel-lington-New Plymouth express pirssed through the station this afternoon. Private Strood, who received severe wounds in I lie chest and abdomen, was taken on to Patea arid sent to the public hospital, where his condition after an operation tonight was stated to be serious.
Private Strood. it is believed, was climbing from the front of the lirst carriage toward the engine tender. He was struck with some force and thrown heavily to the ground. His address is given as New Plymouth, but. he is not known to have any relatives in New Zealand.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 191, 10 May 1941, Page 9
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