OWN ARM AMPUTATED.
(Rec. 10.20) SYDNEY, This Day. After chopping off his left arm with an axe when trapped by a fall of coal at a south-coast mine, Mr Alfred Burgess, aged 39, a miner, remained conscious and spoke to •his rescuers. His spine and left leg were fractured, but he is expected to recover. Mr Burgess amputated his arm a few inches below the elbow by ’a single cut with an axe which he carr.ed in his belt.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 220, 28 June 1943, Page 3
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