“NUFFINK.”
LITTLE GIRL’S FORTITUDE. Melbourne, May 24. An C7<ample of self-possession, which many older persons might have been proud to set, was af-i forded by Irene Angwin, a baby! of 2.) years, who described as “nuf ! fink’ an experience in which she! was hurled ten yards by a railway) engine. ' [ The child, who is the daughter of: U illiam Angwin, of Port Melbourne, was knocked down at a crossing near her home by an engine which was being driven to the sheds. She was struck on the side and thrown clear of the line. When asked at the Melbourne Hospital what was the matter with her, she said. ‘‘Oh. nuflink.” Just before she wandered through Hie railway gates a passenger train dashed over the crossing, so that the child appears to have had a double escape from death. . She has been operated upon for fracture of the skull, and is progressing favourably.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 143, 2 June 1911, Page 7
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