CAUGHT BY ENGINE
AVONDALE BOY'S, ORDEAL CARRIED QUARTER OF MILE SERIOUS INJURIES SUFFERED Caught by the engine of an Auck-land-Swanson train when he was running over the St. Jude's Street level crossing, Avondale, at about threa o'clock yesterday afternoon, a 10-year-old boy was carried for more than aquarter of a mile on the cowcatcher before the train was stopped. The driver was not aware of the accident until he noticed that shingle from the track was being thrown up in front o£ the engine. When the train was stopped it was found that the boy's leg had been caught between the track and the cowcatcher. The injured lad was Kenneth Alfred Waldron, son of Mr. A.. It. Waldron, of Ash Street, Avondale. He was quite conscious when be was pulled clear with some difficulty by the engine crew. His leg was extensively lacerted and he suffered severe shock.
After receiving attention from Dr. R. Warnock, the bov was taken in a: St. John ambulance to the Auckland Hospital. His condition at a late hour last night-was reported to be serious.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23507, 18 November 1939, Page 10
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