ACCIDENT ON RAILWAY.
fl FALL BETWEEN TROLLEYS. f, FRACTURED SPINE SUSTAINED. fey TELEGRAPH.—OWN COABItSPOHSEKT.] : : TAUMAETJNTJI. Onndwr. ' • ! Michael Whelan, a married man, aged 45 years, has been admitted t<,> the hospital suffering from a fracture of the . j; ; .spine, the result of an accident on the - i railway line at Raurimu. The injured man was on one of two trolleys which :<n! ha,d been hitched to the rear of a goods train, to be taken, up the Spiral. -While the train was in motion he lost bis bal- ;r ance ana fell between the trolleys, with r the result that he was struck in the small . . of tno back by ao axle. The injured man is progressing as satisfactorily M can be expected. His wife resides in , r • ; Auckland.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18772, 28 July 1924, Page 6
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