SERIOUS AGCIDENT.
''MISHAP ON A CRICKET FIELD,
■ ■'& serious accident'faefel Mr.; Harry Driun- ' .:'■ mond, builder and renovator, and a gentle- : man actively associated with tho new ; Boys' Institute and St.' John's Young.Men|s Class, on-:. Saturday .afternoon. '■■Mγ.' Drummonit, . who bad beeri elected president df the Boys' Institute ; Cricket Club, had presented tho .■.'•-■■ bpys with a couple of bats, : and nothing would ' please them better than that-ho should'play with them on Saturday. ' Ho acceded to the request, and the gamo was in progress at the Nairn Street Roservo,- when Mr. Drummorid,' , in attempting to take a catch, fell violently l over one of tho seats that are placed hero and thoro in the reserve It was seen that he had sustained serious internal injury, and ■with difficulty ho .was taken to Dr. M'Gavin's place in Upper "Willis Street, and, 'after n ■ ■ cursory examination, was Sent to his home in • Austin Street. After further, examination; it was decided that an operation was necessary, and for that purpose he was removed to a private hospital yesterday afternoon. Mr. Drummond is very popular with everyone in the circle in which ho moves, and he has been a tireless worker in connection with the Boys' Institute* .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 16, 14 October 1907, Page 8
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200SERIOUS AGCIDENT. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 16, 14 October 1907, Page 8
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