THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
ihabusH^;^^ reckon. of wt^i^'>?4. screamed ■ out, and br -.txam up with a: jer%;but ;th^ : bdysi heed of the Warning rsereed^YidepUT'^h«iit4®®¥ nothin" Und knew; ndtfung' till, the locoa&tV tiv^’’driven; the' train behind, swooped down on’- them and carried them about two chains cn -the cow-catcher. . Fortunately;, it. then - '- threw them, off* and..they felfr the wheelsr~6ne- on . each, side of the- line.;, Ihe. ’ - train, was pulled up speedily,' and .backed; to . the spot where the .boys had fidleA* her was ednsektus; ahd: ; to,’aU : !ap|to sUghtly * hurt.;: Kihg^ motionless, and; wasplcked up in ah unobn- , - soious condition. Guard v Olsen telephonedfor the ambulance, and the- lads' were z*» o moved therein to-the hospital at'Dunedin.- ' 1 5 - There, they - wore' received and -attended 1 to ?■: by Drs G- P. Brown i arid 3.‘ B. f Balc. ; :-3nhß ; > : injuries to Bremner were not very bad, earn ; . paratively speaking., Tberewere a eoupVof ■; scalp which needed stitching, and tsu only danger to be apprehended is - £ram shock. King’s case was considerably 'wonk - TEEV was• bruised all np one-side of his face, and there were all the ' symptoms ; ofconcus-; . sion- of ■ the brain, besides; a • Severe wound., He remained unconscious all night, and up to;% mid-day had not recovered. - , • i , The accident occurred’ about three chains from the bridge near the quarry, <® the nar■tow way between the bridge and the station; The escape of the boys from: death, by maogUng .was 'directly attributable to the speed with which tHe brakes were pirt on by-.&o driver. • ■' On inquiring at the ho«jctal thl* afto*l- - we. were informed that the lad King was still nncdnscious. A hope in the ftptu of his face is fractured, and the break ex* tends into the skull underneath the brain. , He is in no immediate • danger, and it « probable that he will recover..... Bremner should be able to. leave the. hospital m s couple of days, ..
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Evening Star, Issue 11692, 25 September 1902, Page 4
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314THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Evening Star, Issue 11692, 25 September 1902, Page 4
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