SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT KHANDALLAH.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10217, 24 January 1895, Page 2

SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT KHANDALLAH.

A LADY FALLS OFF A TEAIN. Mi^s MiitY Pridiiam, of New Plymouth a guest of Mr and Mrs J. H. Lowe, at Khiindallah, met with a serious accident on the Manawatu line on Tuesday morning. The Post says, she fell from the platform of a crowded train on the Johnsonville side of the viaduct, and it is feared that concussion of tho brain has been sustained. Miss Pridham was taken back to Mrs Lowe's residence, where she now lies. Later particulars show that Miss Pridham was standing ou the platform with Mr Ernest Lowe, and while the morning through train was going down the incline past Johnsonville, the young lady fell off. Mr Lowe jumped off to her assistance directly the train slackened off the incline, and went back, and with the assistance of some of the company' 3 officials took her to Khandallah. On hearing of the accident Mr ,T. E. Fulton, the company's manager, went up to Khandallah, taking with him Dr Collins, who found that the lady was in a state of semi-consciousness. It is hoped that she will suffer no ill effects from her dangerous accident, which should prove a warning against the practice of standing on train platforms. Thero was plenty of room, as it happened, in the carriage. The company's officials have had great difficulty in keeping the platforms cloar all day, but intend now to strictly enforce the rule.