Soldier Seriously Injured By Railway Tablet Arm
P«r Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, May 8. Travelling to New Plymouth on leave from Trentham Private J. W. . Strood, a member of the N.Z.E.F., was ’ struck by the arm of a tablet exchange at Moumahaki when tho Wellington-New’ Plymouth express passed through the station this afternoon, Strood, who received severe wounds in the chest and abdomen, was taken on to Patea and sent to the Public HV‘ s pital where his condition after an operation to-night was stated to be serious. Strood, it is believed, was climbing from the front of the first carriage towards the engine tender. He waa 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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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 109, 9 May 1941, Page 6
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