BOTH LEGS AMPUTATED
DUNEDIN SHUNTING ACCIDENT. RAIDWAY ENGINEER INJURED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. A serious shunting accident occurred at Burnside this afternoon when the assistant district railway engineer, Charles Gardii er Wilson, was run over by some trucks which were being shunted on the Burnside freezing works siding and received severe injuries to both legs near the ankles. Mr. Wilson was immediately conveyed to hospital and was admitted at 4 p.m., when it was found that his legs were so Severely mangled that amputation was necessary. He was operated on early in the evening. Mi. Wilson is a single man.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 November 1930, Page 6
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