RAILWAYMEN INJURED.
ACCIDENT ON RIMUTAKAS. : (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, Dec. 16. Two railway surfacemen were-seri-ously injured yesterday as the result of an accident on the Rimutaka line. -Kiel Feter Holbeck,;aged 30 years, married, and Charles Jordan, aged 28, single, were descendihgrthe hill on a handpropelled jigger, and when rounding a sharp bend they collided with a goods train, being thrown heavily. Holbeck injui-ed his ribs and spine, and Jordan has one leg broken and his head and ribs are also injured. -
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 December 1924, Page 5
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