PLATFORM ACCIDENT.
railway clerk injured. (by TELEGRAPH —PRESS'-ASSOCIATION.) PAHIATUA, Dec. 30. An accident occurred at the ; Pahiatua. railway station this afternoon. Un the arrive! of the Wellington express William W. Styles, a station clerk, ran alongside with the object of taking Hie tablet, and his foot slippy He swayed towards the train, aad in an endeavour to save himself he clutched at the rail of the tender, but swept off his feet and dragged a. considerable distance' with Ins body down between the train and the platform. . Tim engine-d river aptpl ied the. brakes immediately The unfortunate man was lying by the rails. Constable Burrell was a passenger by the train, which was crowded, and with commendable promptitude he arranged the sufferer’s transit to hospital 1 , i« suffering from a dislocation of the knee, severe bniises on the back and abrasions on the arms! It is feayeU he Has fractured the back or his skull.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 30 December 1924, Page 4
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