FALL IN ALIGHTING FROM MOVING TRAIN
ACCIDENT AT OVERTON. YOUNG WOMAN’S FOOT HAS TO BE AAIPUTATED Per Press Association. MARTON, March 5. When' attempting to alight from a moving train at Overton station last night a young woman named Barlow, residing at Raetihij fell between tho carriages. One foot was crushed and it had later to be amputated. The other leg was fractured in two places. Suffering gravely from shock, the victim was removed to a Alarton private hospital. It appears that she intended getting off at tho Porewa station. Tho train was gathering speed after leaving Overton, when the victim thought sho had passed Porewa and attempted to get off, with tho result stated.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6852, 6 March 1929, Page 6
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