ACCIDENTS
Tuj-o boys fractured tb.eir right forearms as a result of falls at Lower Hutt yesterday afternoon. Shortly before 3 o'clock Harry Whatton. of 33 Trafalgar Street, fell from a pine tree, and in 'addition to his arm injury, he received a wound to his right leg. At 5.30 o'clock John Osborne. of 243 Waiwhetu Hoad,' aged 4,. fell Bft from a window at his home. Both boys were taken to hospital by the Free Ambulance. .
Two other boys also received injuries in accidents during . the afternoon. Lester Hall, of Hardy Street, Lower Hutt, aged 12, received a wound to the right knee at 3.40 p:m., when he fell from his bicycle. William Waters, of "33. Owen Street, suffered head injuries .and concussion when knocked down by a motor-car, in Constable Street about 2.30 p.m. They were taken to hospital by the Free Ambulance. :. Mr. J. McWilliams, of 93 Hobson Street, a pensioner, fell in Wellington .Terrace at 6.30 last night, and suffered head injuries and concussion. He was taken to hospital by the Free Ambulance. • J
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1937, Page 11
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