A COSTLY BREAK.
HAMMER STRIKES BOY. THROWER TO PAY £2500. (Empire Air Mail.) LONDON, June 23. Dr. Patrick O’Callaghan, the Irish Olympic athlete and champion hammer thrower, was swinging the hammer at a Mallow (Co. Cork) sports meeting, when the chain attached to the hammer broke. The hammer struck a boy onlooker, Michael O’Callaghan, on the head, causing serious injuries. Yesterday (says the Daily Herald), in the Dublin High Court, Dr. O’Callaghan was ordered to pay the lad £2500 damages.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 193, 17 August 1936, Page 10
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80A COSTLY BREAK. Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 193, 17 August 1936, Page 10
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