ACCIDENTS IN THE CITY
'While Pte: Riggj'was manipulating a rifle at Fort Dorset on Saturday night, the weapon was accidentally discharged, with.the result..that, the bullet entered the left hand. 'Rigg is receiving treat-ment-at the Hospital. '. As'.the result, of: being knocked down by a motor-car in Cambridge-terrace_ on Saturday, Mrs. Ellingsworth, a visitor from' Wahgahui, received injuries to her head and body. She was admitted to the Hospital, where she is progressing'satisfactorily.. .:. :,' Yesterday afternoon, a-' boy named Jack Corliss, aged seven years,, was admitted .to the Hospital, suffering from a fractured leg. The injury was the result of the child falling from a, rocking-horse while playing at.his.home in May-street. ■ /
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 49, 27 August 1917, Page 8
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108ACCIDENTS IN THE CITY Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 49, 27 August 1917, Page 8
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