AMPUTATED OWN ARM
Rec. 9 a.m. .SYDNEY, June 28. After chopping off his left arm with an axe when he was trapped by a fall of coal at a 1 south coast mine, Alfred Burgess, 39, miner, remained conscious and spoke to his. rescuers. His spine and left leg were fractured, but he is expected to recover. Burgess amputated his arm a few inches below the elbow by a single cut with the axe which he carried in his belt
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 151, 28 June 1943, Page 5
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80AMPUTATED OWN ARM Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 151, 28 June 1943, Page 5
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