South Yorkshire Times, May 23, 1959

Ex Assembly of God Member Injured In Rhodesia
Thurnscoe Missionaries In a Train Stoning Incident
After Two Days On Voyage To The Congo

Mr and Mrs. John Shelbourne, former members of Thurnscoe Assembly of God Church Who left South Yorkshire in March to go as missionaries to the Belgian Congo, were passengers on a train stoned as it was passing through Rhodesia.

Mrs Shelbourne was struck and had to be admitted to Ndola Hospital with a head injury. She was in the corridor and was the only passenger injured.

Mr. John Shelbourne, a former clerk at Houghton Main Colliery, and his wife, who taught in Monmouthshire, had been travelling two days when the incident occurred.

In a letter to Pastor A. Morgan, Thurnscoe, Mr. A. Salter, of the Assembly of God Church Congo Evangelistic Mission. says Mrs Shelbourne, who was making a good recovery, was due to leave hospital last week- end.

Pastor Morgan told a “South Yorkshire  Times”  reporter they were all very relieved to hear this news of her recovery and the letter has been passed on to Mr Shelbourne’s parents.