SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.
MAN TERRIBLY INJURED. CUT BY CIRCULAR SAW. (By Telegraph.—Tress Association.) NELSON, Thursday. A shocking accident occurred at Wills' sawmill, Xgatimoti, yesterday afternoon. An employee named Kenneth Bradley, a married man, was beneath a circular saw I making some adjustment, and his head came in contact with the edge of the revolving saw, which cut through hie forehead, making a wound eight inches long and penetrating two inches into the brain. The man was still alive this evening, but no hope is entertained of his recovery. BOY SEVERELY INJURED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NAPIER, Thursday. While watching a show train come in to-day, a boy named Cyril Brown, aged 13 year 3, was run over by an outgoing engine. The boy's right arm and right leg were taken off, his left leg injured, and his xidy internally injured. At present he is in the hospital in a critical condition. Recently the same boy was injured in i motor accident, and two years ago ,vas nearly drowned at the baths.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 253, 24 October 1919, Page 9
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