FATAL INJURIES

Southland Times, Issue 21197, 25 September 1930, Page 7

FATAL INJURIES

RAILWAY EMPLOYEE ACCIDENT IN WYNDHAM YARDS MARRIED MAN’S DEATH As the result of a distressing accident at Wyndham yesterday, Thomas Miles, aged 34, a married man with three children and employed as a porter by the New Zealand Railways, suffered grave injuries which resulted in his death late last night. While engaged in shunting operations on the mid-day* train from Edendale he slipped and the engine passed over his legs. He received severe injuries to both members and was speedily conveyed to Invercargill on the mid-day express. The ambulance met the train at the station and the injured man was taken to the Southland Hospital. On admission it was found that both legs were severely crushed, and the patient was suffering badly from shock. An operation for the amputation of both legs was performed last evening and a slight improvement in the patient’s condition was reported, but he died at 11.20. SURFACEMAN INJURED CAUGHT BETWEEN TRUCKS. Another railwayman was a victim of an accident yesterday. Leslie Birch, aged 24, a married man with two children, employed by the Railway Department as a surfaceman, was working in the Invercargill yards when he was caught betw'een the buffers of two trucks. He received a bruising of the thigh and was admitted to the Southland Hospital. -His condition last evening was reported to be ‘‘quite good.”