CASUALTIES

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10545, 23 March 1920, Page 5

CASUALTIES

RAILWAY ACCIDENT I ..SEVERAL PASSENGERS INJURED. FEB PBESB ASSOCIATION. LEVIN, March 22. In order " to"' climb the Pukerua Saddle, near Plimmertoh/ on. Saturday, the last train to Palmerston was divided at the bottom of the hill. AAhen the engine was returning for the second section,:, its impact with the carriages was so severe as 'to cause injuries to several passengers. . Two, ot them—Stanley Withers, with severe cuts on the faooj -and W. Steele, . suL, fering from- shock—--were taken to -the Otaki Hospital. Withers was uncharged yesterday, but Steel is still in the institution. The carriages were damaged, , and .the tram-, delayed tor two hours. • VIM n . i. , A DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.^ CHRISTCHURCH, March' 22. A distressing occurrence took'place at Grecnpark on Saturday on. .the train on which a school - picnic,. PPt ? was returning to Christchurch, a-htths girl named- Mary—Wpight-having*hex right arm fractured above the wrist, and her left arm (broken above the elbow. The train was stationary at Grecnpark for a short while, and on the next set., of- rails were several cattle trucks. The girl’s arms were dangling from a ‘carriage*,window,- ana as the train -moved they struck an open door 'of a cattle truck. The guard applied first aid, and on arrival at .Christchurch the sufferer' was removed to the, hospital. FOUND' WITH NECK BROKEN. mUAYASUNUT, • SSrch ’ 22~. At the inquest on, W. J. Hunter, ot Pipiriki. who fell into the Ohura river at Tokirima while riding a horse, the evidence allowed that deceased and his mate had teen drinking. The mate missed deceased and found his horse riderless on the road._ , The body was recovered lator, when it was found; thas deceased’s ■ -neck -had- been- .broken.- A Verdict of L aci;ident9.l death .u-aa .returned. The jocker J- Olsen was badly shaken when hi ß mount Parorangi fell with him in the Telephone,Hack.Handicap at O.paki on Saturday. He also sustained severaE-nast-v'-facial -abrasions.