LIFE FOR BROTHER
YOUNC GIRL’S SACRIFICE. FLESH TO HEAL WOUND. * DEATH FOLLOWS OPERATION. (United Press Association—Copyright). (Received This Day, 8.55 a.m.) BRISBANE, This Day. A falling tree seriously injured one leg of a youth named Peterson, necessitating grafting of flesh eight inches by four in the wound. A thirteen-year-old sister offered to allow the necessary flesh to be taken from her body. The operation was successful and the youth is recovering. The sister was apparently doing well when she suddenly collapsed and i died.—Australian Press Association. I
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 156, 13 April 1928, Page 5
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